Cubs TV broadcast rights

[Cubswin11]

I wonder if they're getting in because the companies like Amazon bidding backed out or lowered their offers due to the streaming rights issues?

[SouthSideRyan]

They’re getting in because they can pay the teams less than market rate for their broadcast rights and move their profits to the RSNs allowing the teams themselves to cry poor to the players and the public

[SouthSideRyan]

And typing that out is making me realize that tv windfall is never coming for the Cubs. They’ll be undercut on rights and TV revenue won’t be considered part of that every dime that goes back into the team

[jersey cubs fan]

They’re getting in because they can pay the teams less than market rate for their broadcast rights and move their profits to the RSNs allowing the teams themselves to cry poor to the players and the public

the re-tribunification of baseball

[Deeg]

Well, it's about to be official - the Cubs are partnering with a broadcaster so evil they make Fox News seem like paragons of good journalism.

 

More and more, it truly does feel like 2016 was the product of a deal with the Devil, and ever since then he's been calling in his debts.

[Banedon]

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[Guancous]

For some reason I can’t get this dabynsky tweet to post:

 

http://twitter.com/dabynsky/status/1095660410194350080

 

ode to a nightingale translation

[d_money]

What is the length of the deal? If / when it blows up in their face, they’ll cut a new deal with someone else.

 

A lot of negativity on so many levels this off season. Theo looked like he was hungover in the presser yesterday.

[cl smooth]

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this is, indeed, the darkest timeline.

[Brian]

From December... hopefully it is still the case.

 

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[jersey cubs fan]

For some reason I can’t get this dabynsky tweet to post:

 

http://twitter.com/dabynsky/status/1095660410194350080

 

account suspended

[Sammy Sofa]

From December... hopefully it is still the case.

 

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In absolutely no way does that make it any better or more tolerable.

 

[tweet]https://twitter.com/GraMastrFlash/status/1095680063297601538[/tweet]

 

TIM, PUT UP A FRONT PAGE ARTICLE SAYING NSBB OFFICIALLY ENDORSES THE COOL CRIME OF STEALING BASEBALL BROADCASTS.

[Forgotmyoldlogin]

I know Curt Schilling’s looking for a job.

[Brian]

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[sneakypower]

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there really is no rock bottom

[jersey cubs fan]

history's greatest monster

[WrigleyField 22]

It's gonna be a sketch show where he just does his Harry Caray impression.

[squally1313]

It's gonna be a sketch show where he just does his Harry Caray impression.

 

Wait, he has a Harry Caray impression??

[David]

i thought he did a will ferrell impression

[WrigleyField 22]

i thought he did a will ferrell impression

Its Will Ferrells Harry impression from SNL isn't it?

[David]

i thought he did a will ferrell impression

Its Will Ferrells Harry impression from SNL isn't it?

 

yeah that was the bad joke i was making

[WrigleyField 22]

i thought he did a will ferrell impression

Its Will Ferrells Harry impression from SNL isn't it?

 

yeah that was the bad joke i was making

Oh.

 

For posterity, here is Ryan Dempster doing his best impression of Will Ferrell doing a Harry Caray impression.

https://youtu.be/0eLMIZWytbo

 

I watched the first 15 seconds just to confirm.

[squally1313]

For posterity, here is Ryan Dempster .

 

No.

[Bote McBoteface]

I know that its been a lousy offseason and everybody here is disappointed, but This is the only thing from this offseason that reallllly bothers me. Ive been looking forward to the Cubs network and a money windfall from it since what, 2010/2011? Now that its here they go and give it to a conservative propaganda outlet and the money windfall doesnt exist. Thanks for the world series, Ricketts. Now eat horsefeathers and horsefeathers off.

[Ding Dong Johnson]