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Raiders owner Mark Davis isn't very happy with the Pro Football Hall of Fame right now.

After learning Saturday that the family of former Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler wouldn't be receiving a gold jacket or a Hall of Fame ring, Davis blasted the HOF and called the treatment of Stabler an injustice.

"No way I should have my dad's ring and Bruce Allen doesn't have his dad's," Davis told ESPN.com on Saturday. "No way I should have my dad's ring and Junior Seau's family doesn't have his. Same with Dick Stanfell's family, and Kenny's family."

Under the Hall of Fame's current policy, living players who are inducted into the Hall receive a gold jacket and a Hall of Fame ring after their induction. However, the same honor isn't awarded to deceased players or their families. Instead, the family receives a patch.

Former Raiders owner Al Davis was inducted during his lifetime, so he got a ring and a jacket. The other man Davis mentioned, George Allen, was inducted after he died, so his family got nothing. Stabler was inducted into the Hall 13 months after his death, so his family also got nothing.

"The guys earned [the ring and jacket] and their families should get to enjoy it," Davis said. "This is an injustice that has to be rectified."

There has been an outpouring of support for Stabler from everyone in Raiders Nation, including head coach Jack Del Rio. Del Rio tweeted Saturday that the Hall needs to rectify the mistake its making.

Former Raiders defensive back Charles Woodson also weighed in on Sunday.

"Let his family get the ring, get the jacket. Come on, Hall of Fame," Woodson said on ESPN.

Former Raiders CEO Amy Trask, who worked in the organization for over 25 years, is also extremely perturbed with the Hall of Fame right now. Trask, who currently works for CBS, is livid that the Stabler family won't be getting a ring or jacket.

"This makes no sense -- it's petty -- no good reason not to give these to the families of players inducted posthumously -- fix this please," Trask wrote on Twitter. "It's stunningly thoughtless to families of those who may have compromised their health to play. It's simply dumb."

In a statement, the Hall tried to explain its policy for the induction of deceased players.

"[E]very living Hall of Fame member receives a Hall of Fame Gold Jacket and a Hall of Fame Ring of Excellence to wear as symbols of his personal Hall of Fame achievement," the Hall of Fame said in a statement, via Deadspin. "The Hall of Fame has never presented either of these two personal items posthumously."

Stabler's family actually offered to purchase the items, but the Hall still said no.

According to Stabler's daughter, Kendra Stabler-Moyer, the Hall told Stabler's longtime girlfriend, Kim Ross-Bush, that the policy of not giving a ring or a jacket is in place for a reason.

"She was told the Hall did not want families fighting over it or selling it," Stabler-Moyes told ESPN.com. "That is the biggest cop-out -- a poor excuse.

The excuse is kind of lame because when a player dies, the Hall could potentially run into the same issue of a family fighting over or trying to sell the jacket. If that's truly the reason for the policy, then they should either give the ring and jacket to everyone or no one. And most people would probably agree that the first choice makes the most sense.