agree 100%

"...no one was "at fault" and that it was just a tough slow long process and both sides were engaged."

Definitely. A complex contract takes time and a lot of due diligence all around.

In the Raiders case they may very well just feel this is in their best long-term interests. And maybe it is. But it does also send messages to that 2018 locker room that they are looking at the years ahead once they get to Las Vegas, not right now.