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Could MLB Consider Contraction for the Oakland A’s?
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The Athletics are hurdling toward contraction, a dirty word not uttered in baseball circles since ill-fated attempts to remove the Minnesota Twins and Montreal Expos from Major League Baseball. The roster has already been stripped for parts and sold, any usable infrastructure is being gutted and outsourced to the Sacramento Kings and River Cats staff. The team is basically one of those car frames on blocks you see driving through Rio Linda on any given day.
Everyone is lining up to potentially buy the Oakland A’s as the team’s Las Vegas stadium plans feel less and less realistic by the day. Joe Lacob, Vivek Ranadive and mystery buyers. And while probably everyone on the baseball hierarchy from the commissioner’s office to the owners, players and even fans want him to sell, there is a catch. The Flip Tax.
Contracting the A’s gives Fisher the money wants while providing MLB with a third expansion team. For Fisher, the benefit here is clear. He gets an above market rate for his franchise without needing to pay the Flip Tax or spending money on a new stadium. If Manfred and the other owners offered him $1.5 billion, he’d probably take it.
For MLB, they can scrap the A’s and then turn around and sell someone an expansion team for $2 billion. They end up making more than they would have with the relocation or Flip Tax. We also know that those running baseball could care less about history. Hell, Manfred would probably take delight in being the one who kills off the A’s brand.
We know there are three groups out there and probably more willing to pay $2 billion for an expansion team. In this scenario, MLB and Fisher get the money they want and a way out of a huge problem they contrived to create in the first place.
Contracting the A’s franchise would be such a terrible thing to do for a sport steeped in history and tradition. Then again, those running baseball have proven time and again to hate that history and tradition.
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@hailmaryrecordings8255 4 ай бұрын
I’m not the biggest A’s-fan, but I feel bad for their fans. It’s a storied franchise with legendary players & teams.
@DANGMQ 4 ай бұрын
Contraction isn't happening because the Players Association isn't going to allow it. They'd rather keep the A's roster with minor league level players than see the team contract. The surprising thing is that the Players Association has been very silent about the A's move to Sacramento. It's not like they've been silent. They recently complained about the uniforms and the large amount of pitching injuries. They are not going to allow contraction, so this is just wishful thinking. As long as the MLBPA is still the most powerful union in sports, they are not going to allow anything that loses players jobs, which includes contraction. For them contraction is "over our dead body." Your idea of an expansion team to play immediately to take their place might be the only solution that would convince the Players Association to accept the A's contraction but I don't know if they would even accept that.
@thetouchback 4 ай бұрын
You missed the point. MLB will still have 30 teams. They are just swapping out the A's for an expansion team and then adding two more later on. And the MLBPA is about as powerful as a high school student government at this point.
@jab1289 4 ай бұрын
@@thetouchback That would make sense, especially if they can get John Fisher out of baseball. Honestly, though, there probably should be another franchise that should be contracted, and after that, I don't really think that expansion is a good idea. It is just a cash grab. For example, I have heard rumors about how the NHL may want to expand to 40 eventually, which would be crazy.
@DANGMQ 4 ай бұрын
@@thetouchback I see now. 29 teams seemed unbalanced anyways.
@keciabailey818 4 ай бұрын
@thetouchback Your hypothesis just crystallized what's been the thing that seemed off on this Sacramento temp stay and why it felt like unspoken promises were made to get it done. There was a rumor a couple months ago that contraction was on the table and I'll be doggone if you didn't just make a case for why it still may be. Geezus.....I have so many thoughts now.
@georgerogers1166 4 ай бұрын
@@thetouchback Good, and it should be called the A's.
@tristancummings7693 4 ай бұрын
I dont know why people honestly believe fisher is going to pay over 1 billion dollars for a baseball stadium. The reason he wanted to go to Las Vegas was he thought he was going to get a similar deal to the Raiders.
@oiler62 4 ай бұрын
Yup. He wanted a similar amount, around $750 million, but held firm at $500 million going in, but Nevada politicians agreed to $380 million and he took it. Yet he walked away from the Oakland project over a $95 million shortfall.
@thetouchback 4 ай бұрын
Not to mention all the extra mixed-used development aspects of Howard Terminal Fisher also insisted upon that made the project unnecessarily complex. Elements that he doesn't care about in Las Vegas.
@oiler62 4 ай бұрын
@@thetouchback yup..had a similar mega project in Fremont planned but the real estate market crashed and that was scrapped. Also a ballpark village planned off of 66th but dozens of small businesses would have to be relocated.
@richardlittle1663 4 ай бұрын
@@oiler62 Edmonton, Alberta Canada would be better served to be the new home for the A’s (Athletics)
@reesejabs1895 4 ай бұрын
Moving the A's to L.V. is a recipe for disaster!
@chrisofchris 4 ай бұрын
No no no you cannot contract an American League charter franchise that has won 9 championships. That’s unacceptable
@therealtombrokaw 4 ай бұрын
They are older than the Yankees ffs
@DamitFeelsGoodtobeaRaider 4 ай бұрын
@@therealtombrokaw no they're not. they're both founded in 1901 but the yankees weren't called the yankees yet.
@DamitFeelsGoodtobeaRaider 4 ай бұрын
@@therealtombrokaw i can follow this up (just looked it up) the team in 1901 that would later become the yankees was baltimore orioles. later, the st. louis browns would become the new orioles; but the yankees were the first orioles.
@thetouchback 4 ай бұрын
Manfred doesn't care. He's binning the American and National Leagues in a few years anyway.
@gpmom1614 4 ай бұрын
Appreciate your perspective & idea about contraction. Was just comparing Goodell & Manfred. It seems as if NFL is growing by leaps & bounds. Working towards smaller nfl stadiums b/c most revenue comes from eyeballs on tv, not ticket sales. Peacock & Amazon are in a bidding war over NFL games to broadcast. $100's of millions comes from tv. Baseball is losing tv. It's all about the benjamins & baseball is losing. When A's move on from Oakland a whole bunch of people (& money) are moving on from baseball. unfortunate. Baseball used to be a great pastime. It would be something if baseball team owners were forced to use revenue sharing & tv money for team salaries or stadium maintenance instead of pocketing it. Thanks again. #SellTheTeamDoofus
@shaindaman13 4 ай бұрын
This makes far FAR too much sense for it to ever happen.
@Trackstar8589 4 ай бұрын
Oakland is 2nd in the AL west and one game out of first y’all doing to much
@Denozo88 4 ай бұрын
@@Trackstar8589I'm sorry but were literally less than 20 games into a season. Your really basing everything off less than 20% of a season.
@Trackstar8589 4 ай бұрын
@@Denozo88 with another W last night
@Denozo88 4 ай бұрын
@Trackstar8589 tell me when we get closer to the all star break. As you should remember nothing matters till october anyway.
@shaindaman13 4 ай бұрын
Well, another reason I doubt this would happen is because it’s such a historic franchise that MLB would not want the bad optics of letting it just disappear. I don’t know everything though.
@SumoOrange1776 4 ай бұрын
MLB not preserving it's history goes beyond the A's who were founded in the 1850s. MLB actively supports people trashing on it's legends like Ruth, Cobb and Cy Young because they played in a different era.
@danmarsh5949 4 ай бұрын
There's no way to construct a 162-game schedule with 29 teams. And how is contraction and expansion at the same time, as you're suggesting, any different from a relocation?
@blazingbattlehawk9626 4 ай бұрын
Just sceduale the AL under the same system before 2013
@danmarsh5949 4 ай бұрын
@@blazingbattlehawk9626 If the interleague abomination didn't exist, the AL could do that. But then the NL would have 15 teams and be unable to create a schedule.
@just_radical 4 ай бұрын
It's different from a legal standpoint of money/contracts b/c there's no carry-over, no taxes on a sale that have to be paid. Also any of the A's retired numbers, championships, career statistics, perhaps even the team colors and nickname wouldn't carry over to the new franchise
@Julian_Wallis 4 ай бұрын
This would actually be preferable to relocation.
@michaelleroy9281 4 ай бұрын
MLB operating with an odd number of teams would never go
@DANGMQ 4 ай бұрын
@@michaelleroy9281 Also the Players Association is never going to allow it.
@djspencer6498 4 ай бұрын
The problem is for a contraction to work, two teams have to be eliminated. That’s why they couldn’t pull off a contraction many years ago. The other team that would’ve been eliminated along with the Expos (the Twins) were saved by court injunction.
@86byrdman 4 ай бұрын
@@djspencer6498 Contract the Rockies or the Marlins as well. You look at those two teams and kind of wonder why the MLB is wasting their time with them. The Rockies because of Coors Field. Players hate playing there because of the altitude and weird games, and pitchers don't like pitching there because it will affect their ERA's. The Marlins are a joke. They don't get good attendance in their new stadium. Now imagine all the talent from the A's, Rockies, or Marlins.
@djspencer6498 4 ай бұрын
@@86byrdman I’d probably eliminate the Rockies between those two. It would be kinda weird to get rid of a team that won two World Series championships in the past.
@WiggleBabies 4 ай бұрын
Almost positive the players union would demand a sale before contraction lol. They do not want an entire teams roster out of play for several years on the hopes of John Fisher landing a stadium deal. They would almost certainly tell MLB no way, get Fisher out he's broken the revenue sharing contract, buyers exist.
@thetouchback 4 ай бұрын
When was the last time the MLBPA took a a stand on anything?
@oiler62 4 ай бұрын
A storied franchise like the A's should not contract but been forced to sell to a local ownership group.
@kristoferscott3677 4 ай бұрын
Then sell the team and move them back to Philadelphia to their original city.
@richardlittle1663 4 ай бұрын
Sell the team to Dr. Randy Gregg and move the A’s (“Athletics”) to Edmonton, Alberta Canada
@lmcc0072 Ай бұрын
The only thing that might make Fisher consider selling the team is if MLB imposes a “minimum team salary” or penalizes teams that are say more than 20% below the average median payroll. A substantial penalty that would force Fisher to put a decent product on the field or pay out of pocket to MLB because his payroll is so low.
@GravityFalloutPines 4 ай бұрын
Yes I do agree, Fisher is 100% in this simply to turn the A's from their current $1.2B value to $5B in Vegas and cash out. He might sell 49% in 2028 to avoid the mlb tax, but will eventually sell. It's just an investment for him. He actually grew up a Giants fan and was even a Giants owner
@Matthew6248 4 ай бұрын
If Contraction happens, another team has to be contracted or the league will have a uneven amount of teams, one team may have to play a exhibition series against a minor league team while the rest of the league plays regular season games
@jasonfire3434 4 ай бұрын
Contract the Rays too if they can’t find their stadium
@Matthew6248 4 ай бұрын
@@jasonfire3434 then the NL may have 2 more teams than the AL and thus while the rest of the league has interleague play, 2 NL teams have a innerleague game much like MLB beween 1998 and the last season in which the Astros were a NL team
@arandomdudeontheinternet5792 4 ай бұрын
And what would that 2nd team be in order for it to work? The Rays? The Marlins? The Nationals? The White Sox? The Rockies? I feel like none of the teams I just mentioned are in as dire of a situation at the A’s, so I doubt that contraction will realistically happen either.
@Matthew6248 4 ай бұрын
@@arandomdudeontheinternet5792 @jasonfire3434 metioned the Rays might be the 2nd team if they can't get their stadium situation sorted out
@richardlittle1663 4 ай бұрын
The A’s (Athletics) should relocate to Western Canada in the province of Alberta and call them the Edmonton Athletics (Edmonton Trappers) where they would play their 82 home games at Re/Max Stadium
@chrisguardiano6143 4 ай бұрын
Unfortunately this isn't an option for the other team John Fisher owns the San Jose Earthquakes of MLS. Ever since John Fisher brought back the Quakes in 2008 (after the original Earthquakes bolted to Houston in 2005 & became the Dynamo) they have been one of the worst teams both on & off the field in MLS mainly because John Fisher refuses to spend money to improve the team. This despite having one of the best soccer specific stadiums in the country in PayPal Park & a rich history in both the old NASL & the early years of MLS. Even if contraction was an option, MLS would not do it to the Quakes mainly because they would basically give up one of largest metro areas in the country & allow the rival USL (via the Oakland Roots) to be the dominant soccer league in the Bay Area. The other option of promotion/relegation won't happen any time soon due to MLS's total unwillingness to work with USL or other soccer leagues in the US (just look at the stunt MLS pulled a few months ago with US Open Cup as proof of that). MLS also won't facilitate any kind of sale of the Quakes to new owners because they view John Fisher as an important piece of maintaining a presence in the Bay Area even though Fisher is a roadblock in preventing MLS from expanding to Sacramento due to his unwarranted fears that a Sacramento club would encroach too much on his Northern California territory when it comes to fan support.
@avrowolf 4 ай бұрын
I'll buy the A's for $5 and move them to Vancouver or Montreal
@SippyCupAdventures 4 ай бұрын
Man, my eyeballs are floating. So many storylines going on, and now you add the idea of contraction. IDK. That's a bit too deep for me, but I did get the Rio Linda reference, so I have that going for me 😆Just crazy how so many people are consuming all this A's content. 👏👏
@DHcowboy 4 ай бұрын
U say you don’t see the owners overturning the flip tax, but they DID waive the relocation fee for whatever reason so they’ve passed on money to accelerate the A’s situation before
@sydneypenalver8884 4 ай бұрын
The flip tax guarantees they (the owners) get something out of this when Fisher sells. Waiving the relocation fee was as much for them as it was for him. Sets a precedent for other teams should they relocate that the fee will be waived.
@nicholasaustin2717 4 ай бұрын
My dream is for them to move to Cordelia and call themselves the Oakland Athletics. Sac-1 hour Stockton-75 minutes Dublin-40 minutes Emeryville-30 minutes
@thetouchback 4 ай бұрын
This is now my dream too. I already stop there every trip I make to Bay. And being close to Scandia and the A&W inside the Chevron opens up a new world of post game fun. Sign me up!
@dannythunder3180 4 ай бұрын
Waive the flip tax, end this embarrassment
@aaronblaylock2092 4 ай бұрын
Just sell to a better ownership group who will work with the city and rebuild the franchise.
@kristoferscott3677 4 ай бұрын
Or maybe the city will elect people who actually care about the city's well being instead of incompetent people who want criminals out on the streets cause it's racist to arrest them
@michaelbaucom4019 4 ай бұрын
Somewhere, former commissioner Crud Selig is smiling
@woody4077 4 ай бұрын
OK I THINK ITS POSSIBLE, BUT EXETREMLY UNLIKELY....after all like its been said before the relocation plan has been approved the land purchased and the existing tropicana hotel demo'd and on top of that i don't see the MLB getting rid of the one of its OLDEST TEAMS and one of the FOUNDING members of the american league. yes the A's date back to the early 1900's when they played at shibe park in northern philly (fyi the the shibe park site is now a "mega" church) in fact the A's have the most world series titles between 1900 and 1950; the team won FIVE yes FIVE world titles under manager connie mack; who has the record for most wins, most losses, most games managed, and longest time as a manager at FIFTY YES FIFTY YEARS!!!!!!!
@robertlindey2538 4 ай бұрын
Would MLB be able to operate with an odd number of teams? The NFL, NBA, and NHL have all played full regular seasons with odd numbers of teams. However, none of their teams had to play five or six games per week. With MLB, every day, one team would have to take a day off over a six-month regular season.
@aaronlemaster7139 4 ай бұрын
Being an A's fan for over 35 years, it must be said that San Francisco is just not a 2 team city for baseball anymore. The Giants are the draw and will always be. The A's need their own town where fans can have their own team instead of sharing with the Giants.
@lowgearman9731 4 ай бұрын
The problem with contraction by deactivating the A's is you would have to deactivated a national league team like the Marlins reducing MLB to 28 which would create a downsizing frenzy for profit by deactivating the 2 of the lowest performing least profitable teams every creating a situation in which we ask which team will be deactivated next leading to the incredibly shrinking national past time. And with all the potential job loses that would almost demand government attention and oversite of the sport. Bottom line IMO expansion is definitely not happening. Great Video👍
@rainbowmade1880 4 ай бұрын
Just contract Fisher. Oh and I know you’re not serious. Just trying to ruffle feathers, wind us up, create controversy, scare Fisher into cutting his losses and sell or….
@thetouchback 4 ай бұрын
I mean at what point in the past 12 months has anyone involved with this done the rational thing. Let's not forget, Sacramento was the second option for a 2025-2028 home behind disband the team.
@ScottL1017 4 ай бұрын
If only MLB had a good commissioner. But Manfred lets Fisher do whatever he wants and gets passes on a bunch of stuff. MLB should have forced Fisher out long ago. There is a lot more involved and others involved with this but Fisher and Manfred are the worst!
@Jewish.Hotdog 3 ай бұрын
Recommend going to a Sacramento game this season the atmosphere us next level
@GravityFalloutPines 4 ай бұрын
4:35 - "Fisher does seem to have the funds" Fisher is worth $3.1B, Fisher family is worth $7B Even if he loses the $380M or if Ballys can't grant the 9 acres, A's will just build at Wild Wild West site, or the Rio
@kristoferscott3677 4 ай бұрын
Tropicana is already closed and prep for demolition for the new stadium.
@thetouchback 4 ай бұрын
If Fisher was willing to spend, stadium financing in Vegas would be a done deal. Instead, he's hat in hand begging for cash from locals.
@GravityFalloutPines 4 ай бұрын
@@thetouchback Fisher is trying to make money, his decisions are not because he lacks money
@SkwidToast 4 ай бұрын
@@GravityFalloutPinesDo you really believe that if worse comes to worst for Fisher and he suddenly no longer has Bally's funding the Project nor $380M in public funding, that he is going to tap into half his net worth to fund this thing or that his siblings are really going to be cool with picking up that bill? Be reasonable. He's better off straight selling the team immediately in that case, because he's not going to see a return on that much of an investment for years. Edit: That's not to mention the cost overruns. Which ALWAYS are a factor.
@keciabailey818 4 ай бұрын
Except the problem is that he can't just switch sites unilaterally. The public subsidy legislation is site-specific, so he'd need another special session or wait until they come back into session to get refinanced for his new site, which likely won't be as easy cuz MGM used its clout to lock them into the Trop site. @thetouchback is laying out a very feasible parachute for Fisher, a guy who is trying to close a 500 mil funding gap, financial uncertainty about his site partners, a potential referendum that would threaten his public money, trying to sell a new community on a payroll ramp up when he will have less revenue coming in and will have cut a lot of operations staff and be renting Kings and RC front office folks.
@JayTemple 4 ай бұрын
I agree with those who say that the players' union wouldn't allow it. Setting that aside, you'd need to contract two teams. I could easily see contracting either the Angels or the Rockies.
@GravityFalloutPines 4 ай бұрын
The Mets owner spent money like a drunkard last year. The MLBPA obviously loves him but is he a great owner?
@stevenclair5002 4 ай бұрын
Watching the As win World Series over the years and watching Fisher F- ing everyone over he doesn’t deserve this franchise. SELL !!
@richardsantiago429 4 ай бұрын
sell to king owner. not warriors owner
@deanwille8130 4 ай бұрын
Warriors owner is better
@kristoferscott3677 4 ай бұрын
@@deanwille8130 Warriors owner did the same exact the A's are doing right now by dumping Oakland for another city.
@ElFrencho 4 ай бұрын
@@kristoferscott3677 At least they are still in the Bay and not in another market
@robfreedman6496 4 ай бұрын
Your videos are awesome and you should do one on the Arizona Coyotes upcoming move to Utah which changes the professional sports landscape here in the AZ!
@thetouchback 4 ай бұрын
The whole Coyotes situation bums me out. Especially with Meruelo holding the rights to any future team.
@robfreedman6496 4 ай бұрын
Living in Arizona, it was a never ending story. I am glad the relocation rumors are over.
@evilamo 4 ай бұрын
Sell to Joe
@zch7491 4 ай бұрын
They can't come to Utah now, 3 pro sports teams is too many mouths to feed for a 1.5 million people city
@bryceleinan 4 ай бұрын
In case you have to pronounce Bally’s again, it rhymes with “valley.” You don’t say it like Ball-ees.
@thetouchback 4 ай бұрын
I did a whole video on their racket a while back where I correctly pronounced the name: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h6qKgpyTzs7Kgok.html For whatever reason, I did not do that here.
@JoeKyser 4 ай бұрын
sell it to the fans via nfts and they can vote on everything
@rapalbumdepot7648 4 ай бұрын
I have never in my life seen so many All Star and World Series level talent unsigned and available: Brandon Belt, Kim Ng, Trevor Bauer, Evan Longoria, Donovan Solano, Brian Sabean, JD Davis (Oakland) THIS SPORT IS A MASSIVE JOKE
@ryanduffy6089 4 ай бұрын
If I had 10 billion dollars I would buy the Athletics and then recruit a bunch of NPB players to request posting and join my team
@martyf3531 4 ай бұрын
In addition to the MLBPA fighting contraction, Fisher will have grounds for a major lawsuit against MLB claiming MLB stole his business and income. MLB will have trouble claiming they need to contract league while at same time expanding to new cities. Also, as part of lawsuit, MLB may be prevented from expanding till it is settled meaning a year or two or several with 29 teams and an unbalanced schedule.
@anthonyrivera4735 4 ай бұрын
Please don't fold the athletics, just move them to Las Vegas and then let Sacramento get an expansion team.
@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii 4 ай бұрын
Vegas won't accept the As. At least not anytime in the foreseeable future. Vegas is a big Dodgers town.
@michaelleroy9281 4 ай бұрын
Sacramento is not going to get an expansion team with a 10,000 seat ballpark
@quetzalcoa 4 ай бұрын
@@michaelleroy9281 They can either expand it or build a new one if demand is shown
@kristoferscott3677 4 ай бұрын
@@michaelleroy9281All MLB stadiums prior to 1950 were under 10,000 capacity.
@stuffingtonjfluffypantsiii 4 ай бұрын
@@kristoferscott3677 and that fact applies to 2024 how?
@Odin029 4 ай бұрын
The idea of contracting a franchise with 9 World Series titles, 14 hall of famers, and some of the most notable names in baseball history just rubs me the wrong way. Just wave the tax, buy the team from the owner, and charge a premium to the new buyer in the amount that just so happens to be almost the same as the 20% tax would have been.
@cpfdkolich 4 ай бұрын
Contracting is the only realistic option. History of the team is nice but but laast 15 years the history of of being a laughing stock. Their presence is currently a detriment to the league
@Odin029 4 ай бұрын
@@cpfdkolich As a baseball fan 15 years means nothing. I'm a Cubs fan, we deal in lifetimes, not years.
@thetouchback 4 ай бұрын
The problem is Fisher won't give up that premium. If MLB finds someone willing to pay a certain amount, Fisher is just going to wait and take all that money for himself.
@Odin029 4 ай бұрын
@@thetouchback That's true, but I wonder if the other owners could force a sale the way the NFL did with Dan Synder. I know the rules are probably a little different, but the lawyers wouldn't be doing their jobs if there isn't a way for MLB to get rid of an unfit owner.
@thetouchback 4 ай бұрын
I wish that were a possibility but MLB let former Reds owner Marge Schott drop N-bombs, mock Asians and praise Hitler on multiple occasions without ever forcing her to sell. Selig and Manfred are there to do whatever baseball owners want.
@seanmoore9713 4 ай бұрын
They waived the relocation tax.
@GravityFalloutPines 4 ай бұрын
Contraction is most viable???? Good gravy
@davidtosh7200 4 ай бұрын
Let have Salt Lake City Utah have the Oakland A’s, since Utah will be the fastest growing state for the next 10 years from now.
@freethepeople4093 4 ай бұрын
Contraction would never happen. Way too much money involved to subtract an entire franchise. Plus, Manfred is a joke. He can't decide what he wants for dinner, much less make a meaningful baseball decision. MLB would add 2 teams before they get rid of 1
@kmcc01 4 ай бұрын
They should, and the Marlins and the Rays.
@danielmarley9922 4 ай бұрын
Manfred just contracted the Minors, anything is possible.
@CarlosCastro94360 4 ай бұрын
This hurts to watch and I'm not even an A's fan
@deanwille8130 4 ай бұрын
Fisher is supposedly good friends with Joe Lacob too
@ethang8515 12 күн бұрын
Unfortunately he forgot to mention that the Player's Union would shoot down the deal. Also selling the team to a Sacramento, Vegas or Utah based group wouldn't be a bad move could just sell the the trademarks, and baseball assets.
@halomo81 4 ай бұрын
omg talk about reaching lmao 🤦🏽♂️ give up they are moving to Las Vegas nothing is gonna stop it
@xaviersaavedra7442 4 ай бұрын
Except the people of Nevada
@halomo81 4 ай бұрын
@@xaviersaavedra7442thats a lie they can’t stop it neither and No Schools Over Stadiums is not a threat just shut it with that group
@skalty9868 4 ай бұрын
Except Las Vegas who does not seem to want it lol
@kristoferscott3677 4 ай бұрын
@@DANGMQMLBPA isn't going to stop it since the union hates playing in Oakland due to how bad the Coliseum is. NBA didn't stop the Warriors going to San Francisco, NFL didn't stop the Raiders going to Vegas, so what makes you think the city of Oakland or MLB is going to stop the A's from Vegas?
@GravityFalloutPines 4 ай бұрын
This is a clickbait title, but a fun video
@DoctorEw220 4 ай бұрын
There's two problems with that idea. The CBA forbids contraction, and there would be an unbalanced schedule.
@bullwinkle2380 4 ай бұрын
What if??? What if they contract the A's??????????
@deanwille8130 4 ай бұрын
Dumb idea! New ownership that will keep them in Oakland or move to San Jose!
@kristoferscott3677 4 ай бұрын
San Francisco will do territory rights for San Jose and Oakland had over 20 years to build a new stadium. Montreal has a better shot of getting a team than Oakland right now.
@deanwille8130 4 ай бұрын
@@kristoferscott3677 blame selig for A’s getting nothing done in Oakland! He didn’t approve the Andy Dolich group in 1999 who wanted to build in Oakland! A stadium would’ve been built with that ownership group! Schott Wolff and Fisher wasted time on San Jose! MLB decides territories not Giants
@havokan45 4 ай бұрын
Coyotes it sounds like the NHLPA may had a helping hand in them getting a new owner who is willing to over pay in Ryan Smith. When the sale of the Coyotes is done maybe will hear more stories of how the Coyotes ownership group seems to be burning Bridges with Arizona i think that also played a hand to them not paying their bills . i think the same thing is going to happen with the A's iwill be shocked if if the shovels ever make it to Vegas dirt . and where that leaves the team . MLB wants that expansion money but the Rays & A's need new stadiums some where first before they can expand that's why i think the A's got so called fast tracked to Vegas but like everyone else i see a problem getting that new stadium
@BienSwinginbase 4 ай бұрын
The A's are garbage but however they're unique and sorta goated bossman.
@OGStuDogg 4 ай бұрын
I think we are reaching here but hey stranger things have happened right
@audrisampson 4 ай бұрын
tbh Im not sure why they couldn't also consider contraction for the Marlins, Rays and maybe one other team that gets no support from the local fanbase like maybe the Angels or White Sox? Give Baseball a large reset.
@ivandragomiloff2356 4 ай бұрын
Yup contraction is not happening The A’s will stay in Sacramento Las Vegas will get an expansion team And this saga will be all over by 2027.
@bullwinkle2380 4 ай бұрын
I hope you're right about the permanent Sacto A's!!! Meanwhile it sounds like a done deal in Vegas!!!
@bryanberube 4 ай бұрын
I hope this is what happens!!
@wiedep 4 ай бұрын
It's not "the MLB", just MLB. Says it out loud, "the Majour League Bseball" - doesn't make sense.
@ronclark9724 4 ай бұрын
The players association wants more teams, not fewer teams. Oakland had plenty of time to build a new stadium or upgrade the old stadium. Oakland did neither. Good landlords make improvements to the property to get a tenant to sign a new lease when the lease expires. Oakland didn't. Now Oakland owns a stadium without a tenant... Unfortunately this shit show is the result of far left wing politicians with NO concept for business, or real estate... DEMONIZING Fisher whether he earned it isn't winning brownie points with the MLB. The city does not own the team, MLB does not own the team, the only person who chooses to sell the team when that person wants to is Fisher. While the city thought they were holding a inside straight, Fisher been holding a royal flush... The A's will build MLB clubhouses in Sacramento which should please the players association... Players sign contracts with teams, not with cities...
@ProBall-7 4 ай бұрын
Absolutely true but many do not understand.
@rainbowmade1880 4 ай бұрын
He owns half the stadium genius
@GravityFalloutPines 4 ай бұрын
Fisher is going to build his ballpark, increase team value to $3.5B from $1.2B, then sell 49.9% of his team immediately
@rerun40807 4 ай бұрын
This is the dumbest thing i never heard and i cannot get this time back. This is >1% chance this will happen
@josephchirichella761 4 ай бұрын
Sports leagues dont contract anymore. They expand or relocate. The latter of which will happen to the A's. Clickbaity stuff right here.
@michaellewter8671 4 ай бұрын
Dude. ..just stop it .. I've only listened to 20 seconds of this and I'm out of here Good luck..
@christianhernandez2651 4 ай бұрын
This video is just food for the fisher haters. For all I know the A’s are profitable, one of the most storied franchises in baseball( the city has held them let’s be honest Oakland is dying), they are moving to a bigger market. The topic of this video lowkey pisses me off cause it’s never gonna happen unless fisher loses all his money 😂😂😂.
@samright4661 4 ай бұрын
Oakland is a nasty crime infested city! I would leave California high taxes , homelessness
@jamesbyrnes1208 4 ай бұрын
7-9 A's just took their 3rd series win since 2021...Best Closer in Baseball throwing 100 plus,,Great bunch of young players,,,Vegas A's Baby.. Las Vegas A's 2028
@kristoferscott3677 4 ай бұрын
They started playing better after the news about going to Sacramento.
@GravityFalloutPines 4 ай бұрын
I personally hope they dont build at the trop amd dont use the $380M I prefer the Rio / WWWest site / Sacramento / SLC
@GravityFalloutPines 4 ай бұрын
I would normally be all for Oakland / Howard Terminal but I'm tired of being 8 miles from Oracle Park with a fraction of the fans
@GravityFalloutPines 4 ай бұрын
Sacramento is cool bc they can tap into Sonoma / Yolo / Modesto / Stockton / Sacramento
@GravityFalloutPines 4 ай бұрын
Giants can have the bay and marin
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