Current, former San Jose mayors seek territorial freedom from MLB to have chance at franchise
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan sees the A's likely leaving Oakland for Las Vegas as a sad moment for the Bay Area, as well as an opportunity for his city.and heading to Las Vegas as a sad moment for the Bay Area, as well as an opportunity for his city.
Mayor Mahan and the previous for Mayors of San Jose wrote a letter to the MLB by calling for the league to allow San Jose a chance to have a franchise in the future. "We believe that a future expansion team, or should a team decide to relocate from another market, San Jose should be high on their list and today, we'd be legally barred from even being considered," Mayor Mahan said.
That is due to MLB territorial rights that the San Francisco Giants own after the Athletics franchise gifted them Santa Clara County rights in 1990 when the Giants searched for a new ballpark.Now, 33 years later, the past and present five San Jose Mayors, including Mayor Mahan, wrote a letter to MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred asking him to abandon these territorial rights that Mahan says no other U.S. city has to deal with.
"We are the only city in any professional sport that faces this kind of restriction," Mayor Mahan said. "It just doesn't make any sense."
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