We know that Al Davis is going to attempt to get by without paying the fired Lane Kiffin.  And we know that Kiffin has not filed a grievance yet but likely will.  We also know that Al Davis still owes Mike Shanahan $250,000 from when he was fired.  But did you know this…

According to Larry Kennan, executive director of the NFL Coaches Association, Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis has a long history of attempting not to pay coaches after they’ve been fired. Davis, who fired Kiffin on Sept. 30 and suggested the former head coach would not be paid the remainder of his contract because of insubordination, tried to withhold payment to six assistant coaches he fired after letting go of Art Shell following the 2006 season, Kennan says.

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“And I worked for him twice,” Kennan, a member of the Raiders’ staff from 1982-87 and again in ‘96, said with a light chuckle. “He even tried to keep me from going to Denver as an assistant and not pay me (after 1987), but eventually I took it to arbitration and won. … I have great respect for what Al has accomplished in the NFL, but when it comes to money and contracts, he’s difficult to deal with.”   (Source and more of the story)