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by theFletch 1191 days ago
I read they owe the MLB about $1 billion. I'm guessing this will take longer than the baseball season to go through bankruptcy court, but if the MLB gets the broadcast rights it could be interesting.
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RSNs got too expensive. Categorically sports are the most popular genre on TV but fewer than 50% of viewers watch them.

MLB saw the writing in the wall and invested in a streaming platform early on that got bought by Disney.

It might be fair for people who really like sports to pay for them direct-to-consumer but there is also the way you might get some random exposure (like the time I saw a women’s World Cup game between the US and Japan) and that makes you a fan.