The devastating news of the Oakland Athletics preparing to relocate to Las Vegas has hit fans hard. Diehard Athletics fans have been protesting outside the arena, urging its owner to sell the team to someone who truly cares. And by the looks of it, things are only deteriorating further as fans try to take a stand amid the ongoing games at the Coliseum.
After the exit of the Golden State Warriors and the Oakland Raiders, the Oakland Athletics will be the third team to leave the Oakland area. So, fans have taken it upon themselves, sending a ?page? to the Warriors ownership in the hopes of keeping their team around.
Fans send a page to Stephen Curry’s Warriors ownership
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The fans of the Oakland Athletics have been severely frustrated with the 62-year-old billionaire owner John Fisher for a while now. After the MLB saw a record low in attendance at the Athletics games, Fisher decided to relocate the team to Las Vegas.
Now, fans have started to protest in frustration with the owner?s decision. It went so far that the fans started a reverse boycott movement. Instead of refusing to go to games, the Athletics fanbase is filling up the arena to display their love and support for the Athletics. In fact, they have urged Fisher to go ahead and sell the team to someone who cares about keeping them in Oakland. Even Golden State Warriors star point guard Stephen Curry displayed his love and support for keeping the team in Oakland instead of relocating.
But as things are turning out, there hasn?t been much success despite the continuous effort by fans. This has led them to pursue other measures like asking the Warriors ownership to help them out in the matter.
Paging Joe Lacob pic.twitter.com/WL3tk9No3v
— 95.7 The Game (@957thegame) June 14, 2023
Fans at the Coliseum came with a chart, paging the Golden State Warriors’ ownership. The page read, ?Yo Lacob, U Up?? Addressing Joseph S. Lacob to help out in any way possible.
The Athletics’ loyal fans take it upon themselves
A video uploaded by reporter Jason Dumas shows the emotions of fans with the latest news, wherein one fan said, “You can?t sell my childhood.”
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While another fan said, “Sell the team to someone who cares.”
Tried to capture the mood at the Coliseum on Tuesday. It ranged from pure joy to anger to a sobering sadness.
And now that the assembly has passed SB1, baseball in Oakland is likely over unless the MLB steps in. Shameful to do a supportive city & fanbase this way. pic.twitter.com/ucuOsTyMTw
— Jason Dumas (@JDumasReports) June 15, 2023
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Here are a few more reactions from fans from the video.
?You got enough money, walk away.?
?It?s heartbreaking man. Like, you can?t do that. And we?re not gonna go down without a fight.?
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?We?ve certainly shown a lot of people including John Fisher & Dave Kaval that we do care.?
What are your thoughts on the whole ordeal? Do you think the A’s should stay in Oakland or move to Las Vegas? Let us know in the comments.
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