MASN dispute update

[Going Underground]

3 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

Kentucky supports their Wildcats, I dont see them supporting MLB.

Maybe move the Nationals even futher south into Nashville?

Nashville Nats.Has a nice ring to it.

[Redskins Rick]

6 minutes ago, weams said:

Or West. To Indianapolis! I can compromise there. I think we have a plan. 

Or maybe, the first MLB team in Mexico, maybe Cancuns?

[weams]

6 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

Or maybe, the first MLB team in Mexico, maybe Cancuns?

Nationals can't go there. They need to be in the Heartland. Like Jack and Diane. 

[Redskins Rick]

4 minutes ago, weams said:

Nationals can't go there. They need to be in the Heartland. Like Jack and Diane. 

Then Iowa, let Costner build the stadium, and they will come. 

[weams]

Just now, Redskins Rick said:

Then Iowa, let Costner build the stadium, and they will come. 

Done. Road trip during the fair. 

[Redskins Rick]

4 minutes ago, weams said:

Done. Road trip during the fair. 

damn spliendid idea, Iowa State fair is supposed to be the best fair in the USA,.

 

[Frobby]

22 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

damn spliendid idea, Iowa State fair is supposed to be the best fair in the USA,.

 

If you can avoid tripping over a Presidential candidate.   

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

32 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

Then Iowa, let Costner build the stadium, and they will come. 

‘Field of Dreams’ will host its first MLB game. (Sort of.)

[Redskins Rick]

2 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

‘Field of Dreams’ will host its first MLB game. (Sort of.)

Sounds really cool, I wonder what their plans on, after the game.

Cant seam them doing this for 1 game, and then done.

[Redskins Rick]

6 minutes ago, Frobby said:

If you can avoid tripping over a Presidential candidate.   

aint that the truth.

[DrungoHazewood]

1 hour ago, Redskins Rick said:

Kentucky supports their Wildcats, I dont see them supporting MLB.

In the 1890s the Louisville Colonels drew as many as 145,000 fans to see a National League team.  And Louisville is three times bigger than it was back then, so they could draw nearly half a million.  Coincidentally, that's almost exactly what their AAA team draws.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

39 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

Sounds really cool, I wonder what their plans on, after the game.

Cant seam them doing this for 1 game, and then done.

I’m remember the new Field of Dreams stadium being discussed on Sunday Night Baseball, and if memory serves there will be at least one MLB game played there per  season. Similar to the game played in Williamsport, PA for the Little League Classic.

[spiritof66]

On 9/5/2019 at 2:14 PM, DrungoHazewood said:

In the 1890s the Louisville Colonels drew as many as 145,000 fans to see a National League team.  And Louisville is three times bigger than it was back then, so they could draw nearly half a million.  Coincidentally, that's almost exactly what their AAA team draws.

The Colonels were a dismal team throughout their tenure in the National League. But in that peak attendance year, 1897, they brought up a rookie outfielder, Hans Wagner, who turned out to be a pretty good shortstop. I wonder whether Wagner's presence in the lineup (for about half the '97 season) helped the Colonels sell a few more tickets in 1997.

[weams]

https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-masn-nationals-20190927-flft33bsdrekzft56mkfr3viie-story.html

[Beetlejuice]

On 9/4/2019 at 8:57 PM, Satyr3206 said:

And some said the deal was stupid and not negotiated well.

It was both. The fact that Angelos didn’t require “fair market value” to be spelled out in the settlement was stupid.  The fact that he demanded that both teams get the same FMV revenue was not stupid, but moronic.  Now that FMV is being calculated correctly, that is to maximize revenue for the teams, he and MASN are screwed.  The fact that he thought MLB would allow him to calculate FMV for MASN’s benefit is smh worthy.

This situation isn’t going away anytime soon.  MASN won’t be able to afford the identical FMV payments to both teams unless they find a way to make MASN profitable.  It’s a crap network, that no one watches outside of baseball.  

Greedy Peetey’s legal options are shrinking.  Is he going to keep suing to satisfy his cantankerous nature?  Probably, but he’s throwing good money after bad.  I don’t know what happens if MASN becomes insolvent, but I suspect the Nats will sue to put MASN into receivership or to dissolve the settlement agreement because MASN has defaulted.  I think the likely outcome is that Angelos dies and his sons try and work out a new agreement, but MLB will refuse.  They only want to see the backs of the Angelos clan.  MASN will try and sell the rights to Comcast or some other entity.  The Lerners will try and kill the perpetual rights, which will lower the price.  The Angelos boys will sue, and this thread will live on for another decade.