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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange
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Oakland is partially disqualified from receiving revenue sharing, with it only eligible to receive 25% of any calculated amount in 2022, 50% for 2023, 75% for 2024, and fully eligible for 2025. This means for the current season it is only receiving half of the amount of revenue sharing income it would otherwise have been entitled to receive this year. That perhaps explains its bare bones performance so far — it doesn't have the money.
However, the new CBA contains a section which states unless the club has signed a binding agreement for a new stadium (be it in Oakland or elsewhere) by Jan. 15, 2024, it will be fully disqualified from revenue sharing eligibility for the 2024 and subsequent seasons.
If Oakland wants revenue sharing money, it will have to have a new stadium agreement in place within seven-and-a-half months.
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Ahh, I re-read some old articles and it seems MLB made a special case out of the Athletics.
Their receiving of revenue sharing was gradually phased out over a 4 year period starting in 2016 apparently because everyone felt they weren't doing enough to win back then. So it wasn't something that applied to everybody like I thought.