Editor's note: The above video is from Feb. 11, 2016.
The stadium staredown between the O.Co Coliseum co-tenant Raiders and A’s is being fueled by Major League Baseball’s revenue sharing program.
MLB teams participate in revenue sharing, a system that redistributes income from the richest franchises to their less profitable partners in an attempt to improve competitive balance. Under the 2012–2016 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), each team contributes 34 percent of its net local revenue into a pool that gets divided equally among every team. Higher-earning clubs put in more than they get back while lower-earning clubs receive more than they put in.