This excerpt from “You Negotiate Like A Girl: Reflections on a Career in the National Football League,” by former Raiders CEO Amy Trask with Mike Freeman is printed with the permission of Triumph Books. For more information and to order a copy, please visit www.triumphbooks.com/AmyTrask. It will be available in hardcover on September 15.

IT DIDN’T OCCUR TO ME THAT ANYONE OUTSIDE OF THE RAIDERS, the league office, or other clubs knew of my role with the organization.

Early in my career, when we were in Philadelphia to play the Eagles, I learned in a surprising and wonderful way that some others did.