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Post by Oregon Norm on Mar 2, 2023 11:48:02 GMT -5
For those who've not been following this, Sinclair Broadcast Group bought regional sports networks (RSNs) on a hedge. They loaded up the company they created to host those - Diamond - with $8B in debt. Diamond is on the rocks (so to speak!) and probably going down in bankruptcy. Fangraphs' Ben Clemens has a very good recap of what's happened and the repercussions for MLB:
The fallout is already spreading. This is from MLB.com:
MLB sets up local media group, could broadcast 17 teamsThat article contains bad news for more teams:
We should stay tuned... if we can.
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Post by Oregon Norm on Mar 15, 2023 9:50:29 GMT -5
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Post by chr31ter on Mar 15, 2023 18:43:06 GMT -5
Kinda makes you happy that the Red Sox own their own network.
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