What happened to the As since Moneyball? 

Lol you can't keep that stuff secret lmao

Other teams already knew sabermetrics long before the A’s success. It wasn’t even a secret

They picked up cheap players, how can that not raise a few eyebrows and do some digging.

It doesn’t make a difference, an employee will get a job at another team n spill the beans

​@@Acquirebreadstrategy is a movint target. Cannot dwelp on a single strategy forever

Lol lost me there. Fisher is a PoD

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Do you recall the reaction to Anthony Precourt talking up relocating Columbus Crew to Austin?

in other countries they do similar things, if not directly funding them then by giving tax breaks. Tottenham got a huge tax break to help fund building our new stadium because it was going to employ thousands of construction workers and bring in millions more revenue for the area every year. Those stadiums employ local people, bring in money to the local economy etc. Quite often the revenue generated for the city by having the stadium far outstrips the money they put in to build it.

Thankfully we seem to be near the end of this "era". Stadiums built in the last 30 years largely have been built on the promise of "urban redevelopment" which has not beared fruit. Several stadiums and arenas built or redeveloped in the last 5 or so years like Inglewood, CA's Intuit Dome or Seattle, WA's Climate Pledge Arena, have been done without taking money from taxpayers for the cost of construction, and owners who request taxpayer funds are hitting more obstacles now than they did ten years ago like the Hunt family in Kansas City, MO. Unfortunately, tax funds have been replaced with tax breaks and benefits for these newer stadiums like the aforementioned Intuit Dome. As for the A's, there is no guarantee that John Fisher's move will work out for the Athletics. The Las Vegas project hasn't struck ground yet, they plan on playing a few years in Sacramento instead of Oakland or Las Vegas, and MLB is beginning to question the viability of Fisher moving the Athletics to Las Vegas. It's been a bizarre situation to say the least that is nowhere near resolved.

This isn’t a “yank” thing. And stop acting surprised just as an excuse to say something condescending

Get over it. Professional sports is a business, it’s always been about money. It’s not like college sports.

You can do it in the UK as well you just get alot more backlash, MK Don's are a prime example

@@hazzanfl9814 There's also a reason why MK Dons are the *only* example.

American sports are franchises its more like the league owns the players and all forms of revenue while the team just there for fans to get invested. Its also way more commercially tied than football that has very historical values going back hundreds of years. It's not like people don't root for their hometown team but the culture of american sports is completely different than outside the USA

It’s Oakland who cares

It's not the first time they've left a city. Vegas will be the FOURTH city the A's will have called "home", after starting in Philadelphia, before moving to Kansas City, then Oakland.

so tell us more what is wrong about sport in USA?

no more like whats wrong with SMALL market teams with stingy ownership

​@@feliyanusif relegation is existed in the US, which it should, instead of the greed we see present, there would be far more competition.

​@@DaveSP196US doesn't have to do things like Europe. Pro/Rel isn't the answer.

​@@DaveSP196the utter stupidity comparing regional leagues (prem la liga etc) to a national league which requires teams to fly to another side of a continent. Think about this logically and you'll see why relegation is not a thing in us sports

He's...still w the A's

He died days ago.

@@eduardopedroza5336 That was Billy Bean, different guy.

Probably should have taken that job with Boston

Capitalism for the many socialism for the few

US sports are franchises, meaning that its more like the league owns all forms of revenue and dictates what teams can and can not do way stricter than any non US sport. When it comes to stadiums There's always issues with owners and cities, either because of legalities, city refusing to cave to demands of the owners when it comes to building a stadium. Im not sure on this case but I believe its more acceptable for teams to not "own", as in its specifically only for this sport and team ,stadiums in US sports than in non US sports. After all they can just move their team to another city and have a better deal with them. There's been a lot of teams that do this.

Subsidizing the rich is the national religion in the United States

different channel this is the US version

@@mitch8072 You are correct sir, I still hate it.

Lmaoo. Love that word USian. I'm gonna start using that instead of american

USian is never going to be a thing and is reactionary. Also, if the reason to say USian is that the continent is called "America", then "USian" also doesn't work given there's two countries in North America that have the words "United" and "States" (United States of America, United Mexican States). There is a basic understanding of colloquial Demonyms. In the Anglosphere, the continent is the Americas (or North America, South America) and the United States of America's demonym is American. However, in other spheres such as the Spanish speaking world, the continent is América and people from the United States are estadounidense

Stop acting surprised as an excuse to be condescending

@@AvrilAlvarez The correct word is "yank"

Raiders moved to LA in the 80s, moved back to Oakland in the 90s, and wanted to move back to LA a few years ago but the Chargers had first dibs at the market for whatever reason I forget, so the Chargers got to go to LA instead (the Rams were always going to be the second team since they were the ones mostly financing the stadium).

Oakland seems like a doomed place. All its franchises have left and the city is in a state of degredation

Newark is the Oakland of the East

Is it common for American teams to just pack up and move cities, in europe this would be insane, closest thing to happen is FC Wimbledon moving to Milton Keynes which is about an hour and a half away and there was riots and protests

@@kiertangaming7610 very common unfortunately. Team owners will often use relocation as leverage to force their city to use tax payers money to fund a new stadium

Traffic's not a nightmare out there? Thought that was the reason the Nets had such horrible attendance at The Meadowlands and moved to Brooklyn.

Made the Playoffs in 2021. Then did the mistake of hiring Josh McDaniells as Head Coach

@@felixlueggerto Does Daniel Carlson still play for them? The first time I heard of him was during his short time with Vikings.

@@Ese96Agoaye Yes

So far for the Raiders, it's been "okay". It's questionable how much the stadium has benefitted the team, and will need to be determined over years. Mark Davis, who owns the Raiders, is one of the least rich owners in the NFL and there was a lingering question of whether he could actually get a stadium built anywhere (Oakland, Vegas or otherwise). However, for the city of Las Vegas, it's mainly worked out. The Clark County Commission owns the stadium and collects funds and parking for most events that happen at Allegiant Stadium including various concerts, college football games, the 2024 Copa América, Super Bowl LVIII, CONCACAF matches, and professional wrestling events at the stadium. And this is the first venue in Clark County that the Commission owns (consider how much money T-Mobile Arena, for example, makes for AEG, Bill Foley and MGM. Although MGM does give the County some money for other projects. The business culture in Vegas is actually really odd, and a RU-vidr called Neo made a good video about it) In addition, NFL teams play fewer games at home (7-13 home games depending on playoffs, int'l games, etc) compared to MLB teams (79-103 home games depending on playoffs, int'l games, etc). And the Raiders have a secured fanbase in both Northern and Southern California willing to make a trip for a Sunday game as opposed to the Athletics, who will lose their Northern California fans if they move. It's a much easier commitment for an LA or Oakland fan to follow the Raiders. The other sports teams in Las Vegas (Golden Knights, NHL; Aces, WNBA; Lights, USL; etc) have local fanbases willing to support those teams, and because Las Vegas is a relatively small market (2.26m people), there's a concern regarding if this market can support all Four Major Pro Sports leagues in addition to other leagues. And adding an owner like John Fisher, who is not committed to supporting a successful team on the field, probably spells disaster (look at how he's handled his other sports team, MLS's San Jose Earthquakes).

They are moving to Sacramento because if they leave Northern California they lose about 60-70 million dollars with their regional broadcast company. They also lose fund sharing from MLB. They want the City of Oakland to pay for them to stay. Even though Fisher owns 50% of the coliseum site. Sacramento gave them a great deal I think only have to pay a million bucks a year for rent. The A’s have lost a great deal of fans when they put the tarps up on the third deck in 2006. Then the Giants won the World Series in 2010,2012, and, 2014. Many local kids saw how cheap the A’s were and decided to root for the Giants. But we told him to go for the A’s. We didn’t know they would leave. It doesn’t matter now he is a gamer and doesn’t watch sports at all.

Good example would be the San Francisco 49ers as their home stadium, Levi stadium, is about 50 miles south in Santa Clara.

Second means something 😂😂😂

Well played. 😂

Never did.

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