How would MLB Lockout IMPACT Vegas A’s?

How would MLB Lockout IMPACT Vegas A’s?

Here’s Brody Brazil. The voicemail line is always open 247. You can call in at 8334 Brody. I listen to every single message and then I get to play back and respond to the very best ones. Hey Brody, I hope uh that you are well. Uh, I was curious about your thoughts on how the lockout is going to affect the Oakland A’s situation. Who? Well, not the Oakland A’s anymore, but the future Las Vegas A’s. There you go. How do you think if the lockout occurs, do you think that impacts the move to Vegas at all? Thanks for all your work. Really love you. Cheers, Devin. Thanks. Uh, that’s a simple question, right to the point. Um, I’m not sure if it actually impacts the move that’s already been approved and the stadium construction project like would be underway. That has nothing to do with the work stoppage, a labor disagreement of players versus Major League owners. It it really shouldn’t be a factor. But I will say this, the potential lockout of Major League Baseball that would take place during the 2027 season, that’s going to either impact teams or not, all in different ways. I don’t feel like there’s a wholesale everybody is affected in the same way. I do feel like individual teams because of their financial standing or what they’re trying to accomplish or their timing or their windows, every team across Major League Baseball is going to be impacted by a potential lockout a little bit differently. So, if you’re asking about the A’s, let’s dive into them. The lockout impact on the whatever you want to call them athletics. fewer 2027 games played in Sacramento, right? If that really is the final season in Sacramento, if you’re asking me, do they really want to play that last season in Sacramento? 2025 already happened. It didn’t go over well to rave reviews in the capital city. We’ll see if there are some improvements, some alterations for 2026 in terms of attendance or feedback or response or whatever it is in Sacramento that’s not going well. If you’re the A’s though, do you really want to be playing that 2027 season there? You didn’t really want to be there three full years. If that gets kind of chopped off and if the season isn’t played, I’m not saying that they’re hoping for a lockout. That’s not it. But I’m saying it’s not the most inconvenient thing in the world if one of your temporary seasons just doesn’t happen and you’re not as exposed as much anymore in Sacramento. So, is that a win? Fewer games in Sacramento? Possibly. I mean, how about just from the revenue standpoint, right? So, it goes both ways. You’re not making any money, but you’re also not spending on a payroll if there’s a lockout. And so, for some teams, right, they’re counting on the revenue and they’ll pay the players. That’s not it. They’re cashing in or they’re they’re hoping to cash in on all the revenue that’s supposed to happen, all the games, all the winning. If you’re the Los Angeles Dodgers, you fall into that category. You don’t care about the payroll. you want the revenue to happen because of the payroll. But for the A’s, well, they’re not making a lot. In fact, they’re probably dealing with the toughest times right now of of little revenue, but they still have to pay the team somewhat, at least $100 million, otherwise there’s going to be a Major League Baseball Players Association grievance filed. So, they’re in this unique situation of, well, if there’s no revenue, well, they weren’t doing great in that category anyway. And if there’s no payroll associated with that, well, it’s kind of a wash and almost another win. Again, I’m not suggesting that they’ll want this to happen, that they are behind making sure this happens, but I don’t know that they care about this as much as some other teams. We should also talk about the window of opportunity for some baseball teams. What if this was your year to win a World Series? What if your team was supposed to be peaking in 2027 and then the season just didn’t happen or was a half season? I’ll give you a perfect example. Huh? How about the Oakland A’s of 2020? Coming off 19, everything coming together. Chapman and Olsen and Marcus Semian and this team should have been really special in a full regular season of 2020 that obviously did not happen because of COVID. Instead, it was what a 60 game season, 60 games in 66 days. an abbreviated season. The A’s got past the first playoff round for the first time in at that point 14 years I think Chicago in ‘ 06 or sorry they got past Chicago beating the Twins in ‘ 06 I want to say was the last playoff round they had won previously to that but again the team was the season was kind of a wash and the team was kind of a wash because the season wasn’t really normal by by any means. So, how about all those teams going into a 20 27 2027 season and they’re in their window to try and win a World Series and then it doesn’t happen. The A’s are definitely not that team unless they take a huge step forward in 26. I mean, like not only make the playoffs but make a run for the ALCS. That’s the kind of jump they need to make. I don’t predict that to be happening. My point is financially I don’t know that they care. competitively. I don’t know that they care. From an optics standpoint, I think they’d rather not play the season. If if it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t hurt any feelings. So, let’s switch gears. To your point about does the stadium still happen. Well, financially, I don’t know that the A’s again are is as impacted because what they’re taking in versus what they’re spending is almost feeling like a wash. And we’ll never know what their books are. We’ll never know revenue versus expenses. But they’re not like some teams that are counting on the revenue that they’re not going to be getting. And if the A’s can’t fund this stadium already without a season in 2027 and that that impacts their ability to fund the stadium, wouldn’t that be something? If a season is delayed or announced not happening or a season is only a partial season and the A’s go back to Las Vegas and whoever’s doing the construction to say, “Well, we can’t actually fund all this as much as we thought. we need some help now because there’s no baseball season. Wouldn’t that be something? I’m not suggesting I know that to be the case. I understand a lot of people might expect that, but I would have to think that this stadium project is totally separate from a baseball season alone in 2027. If you’re telling me that the stadium project is going to be hindered in any way because of a non-season of 2027 or a partial season, that’s a really bad strategy and plan by the team going into that that situation. But I will say this, and I’ve already gone on long enough. I’ll start wrapping it up here soon. What if the lockout, like not just the lockout happening? We talk about the effects of of missing baseball, but what if baseball comes back and the answer to the lockout is not only a salary cap, but a salary floor? And let’s hypothetically say that that new salary floor is, I’ll lowball it, $130 million. I think it could easily be $150 million. The salary floor that all teams need to spend to is now about $30 million greater than where the A’s were at previously. Take $30 million, times that by 10 for the next decade, and you’re getting at Yeah. $300 million that this team wasn’t expecting and wasn’t planning on paying for and now they have to. At the bare minimum, they’ll have to. So, it’s not even really the effects of, well, if a lockout happens, what do they do during it? It’s what happens afterwards and the standard that they might have to be held to. Maybe they can’t now. Maybe they’re saying now we really can’t afford it. We weren’t planning to have to pay our players this much money. This is a huge new expense and our our TV deal isn’t what it used to be and now our expenses are way up. So maybe that all plays into the factor of this. I’ll lastly just throw this in there. If you don’t play a baseball season in 2027, every team is bound to face this. the lack of traction, the lack of momentum, the lack of happy baseball fans as customers. Like, baseball fans don’t care if it’s the players or the owners who are right or wrong. Baseball fans just want to see baseball. But there m there might be a little bit of a kickback and and some upset feelings by fans towards teams and players and fans just may not go to games in 2028 and beyond. If there is no 27 or even if it’s a half season of 27, what do you expect the attendance to look like of people who are like, “Yeah, I’ve got a sour taste in my mouth about all this. You guys didn’t show up for opening day and now you want me here in July.” And again, I’m I’m saying this with the assumption that I I do think some sort of lockout will officially begin on December 2nd, 2026. Whether it continues to the spring of 27 or not, or the summer of 27 or not, different story. But a lot of people with a lot of background on this and a lot of connections into this, they’re saying that it’s more likely to happen than not could change. We’re about a year away from that deadline, but I hope it doesn’t, but I’m bracing for the worst. But again, all of that, not playing a season in 2027, this is supposed to be the year before you make the jump. This is supposed to be all that momentum like, hey, we’re fun, we’re exciting, and we’re coming to Las Vegas. And now it’s really hard to get sponsorship deals in Las Vegas because it’s like, yeah, we’re coming off a lockout. We haven’t played a game in a year. And uh but don’t worry, we’ll be there. We’re brand new. Maybe some of those talks have already been in place. But in that moment and with fans and with partners and with sponsors, that’s going to be a harder entry and a harder debut in Las Vegas. Again, new team, honeymoon period to some degree, but all of that probably toned down because of a 2027 lockout. So, in some ways, do they care? Probably not. In other ways, should they? Absolutely. Will it impact the finances? It shouldn’t. But don’t be surprised if that is announced as a thing at some point that they weren’t planning for this and now they have to deal with it. Let me know what you think about this in the comments section below. Could be the A’s, could be any other team. How do you think your team would handle any loss of games in the 2027 season because of a lockout? I’m interested to know the different perspectives around teams and fan bases. How would your team handle it? Or if it’s the A’s, let me know how you think it matters to them. Also, thumbs up down below. 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