A black woman has been named team president for the first time in the NFL.
The Las Vegas Raiders presented Sandra Douglass Morgan as Dan Ventrelle's successor on Thursday (local time).
In the hierarchy of the Raiders, which also includes Jakob Johnson from Stuttgart, only owner Mark Davis is above Morgan.
The lawyer most recently worked in the gaming authority of the US state of Nevada and, according to US media, has no previous history in the NFL.
However, prior to joining the Raiders, Morgan served as vice chair of the Las Vegas Super Bowl 2024 hosting committee.
The Super Bowl is the annual NFL final that takes place at different locations and has increasingly developed into a global media spectacle in recent decades.
"It's a great honor for me to join the Raiders at one of the most important times in the team's history," Morgan said of this organization.”
The Raiders relocated from Oakland to Las Vegas in 2020.
Morgan's appointment comes nine months after the resignation of Raiders head coach Jon Gruden, who came under pressure following racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments in emails that were leaked.