This is going to get ugly - Nats vs. O's in Court over TV $

[BeerHere]

If it isn't ugly already.....

 

Court appears to be the only avenue for resolution, despite Selig urging them to the contrary.

 

Short Summary -- O's are still pissed that they are sharing a market with the Nationals. They are on the same network which is majority owned by the O's. O's were due to start sharing a greater percentage of the TV revenue in 2012 and have yet to pay. Selig provided some degree of "arbitration" which the Nat's won and the O's are ignoring. MLB does not want this to go to court and risk the financials becoming public knowledge.

 

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/29/the-nationals-and-orioles-dispute-over-tv-money-is-about-to-explode/

[Cubswin11]

Wonder what kind of precedent this will set that will ultimately [expletive] us out of getting a giant deal in a few years

[Guest]

Wonder what kind of precedent this will set that will ultimately [expletive] us out of getting a giant deal in a few years

Something that will have far more impact on the impending Cubs deal.

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/news/dodgers-tv-standoff-time-warner-cable-directv-odds-173110695.html

[Little Slide Rooter]

I could be wrong, but I remember hearing once upon a time that the Orioles were somehow responsible for running one of the two incarnations of the Senators out of town.