NBA Makes Final Push To Dismiss TNT's Media Rights Lawsuit

[RealGM Wiretap]

The NBA has made a final push to have a lawsuit filed by TNT dismissed. The league is arguing that TNT's purported match of the Amazon deal was instead a counteroffer.

“Under New York law, ‘every competitor has a right to attempt to win a contract by offering terms which its competitors can’t meet,’ and the seller is ‘free to seek and accept such terms as were consistent with its legitimate business interests,’” the league wrote in a filing late Wednesday with the Supreme Court of the State of New York, where the case is being heard.

Amazon's package with the NBA is estimated at more than $1.8 billion per year.

“[TNT Sports does] not deny, as [the NBA] stressed, that [the network] revised eight of the Amazon offer’s 27 sections, changed 11 definitions, struck nearly 300 words, and added over 270 new words,” the league wrote. “Plaintiffs’ redline was a counteroffer, not a match. That should be the end of this case.”

Both sides agreed to an expedited schedule should it go trial, which is currently set for early April. If there are appeals, however, it could potentially go into the 25-26 season when the new media deals begin.

Via Eric Fisher/FrontOfficeSports

[haste10176]

I mean it has to depend if Amazon states in their contract that we will make it available to 200mil households and tnt cant as they have 100mil subscribers thats ridicolous its not common sense at all that a matching right would have to match something that is unmatchable or if they are giving the equivelent money in the same time frame and same availability but in a different way then that also should constitue a match.. However if they are say offering less or paying in a different way that does not have the same effective result then sure..

[tigerae]

I mean it has to depend if Amazon states in their contract that we will make it available to 200mil households and tnt cant as they have 100mil subscribers thats ridicolous its not common sense at all that a matching right would have to match something that is unmatchable or if they are giving the equivelent money in the same time frame and same availability but in a different way then that also should constitue a match.. However if they are say offering less or paying in a different way that does not have the same effective result then sure..

I mean they are pretty close. They have 100 for Max and about 70 million for TNT.

I feel like NBA wanted TNT to match NBC but because they matched Amazon instead they are not happy. As a fan, I absolutely want TNT to get it over Amazon. Honestly losing Inside the NBA would be extremely hard to replace.

[t-rexCity]

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[t-rexCity]

I mean it has to depend if Amazon states in their contract that we will make it available to 200mil households and tnt cant as they have 100mil subscribers thats ridicolous its not common sense at all that a matching right would have to match something that is unmatchable or if they are giving the equivelent money in the same time frame and same availability but in a different way then that also should constitue a match.. However if they are say offering less or paying in a different way that does not have the same effective result then sure..

I mean they are pretty close. They have 100 for Max and about 70 million for TNT.

I feel like NBA wanted TNT to match NBC but because they matched Amazon instead they are not happy. As a fan, I absolutely want TNT to get it over Amazon. Honestly losing Inside the NBA would be extremely hard to replace.

I mean you both technically have good points. You kno2 what I mean?

[deeps6x]

I mean it has to depend if Amazon states in their contract that we will make it available to 200mil households and tnt cant as they have 100mil subscribers thats ridicolous its not common sense at all that a matching right would have to match something that is unmatchable or if they are giving the equivelent money in the same time frame and same availability but in a different way then that also should constitue a match.. However if they are say offering less or paying in a different way that does not have the same effective result then sure..

I mean they are pretty close. They have 100 for Max and about 70 million for TNT.

I feel like NBA wanted TNT to match NBC but because they matched Amazon instead they are not happy. As a fan, I absolutely want TNT to get it over Amazon. Honestly losing Inside the NBA would be extremely hard to replace.

Losing inside the NBA is totally meaningless to most fans. Seriously? Do you work for TNT?

[cheese318]

I mean it has to depend if Amazon states in their contract that we will make it available to 200mil households and tnt cant as they have 100mil subscribers thats ridicolous its not common sense at all that a matching right would have to match something that is unmatchable or if they are giving the equivelent money in the same time frame and same availability but in a different way then that also should constitue a match.. However if they are say offering less or paying in a different way that does not have the same effective result then sure..

I mean they are pretty close. They have 100 for Max and about 70 million for TNT.

I feel like NBA wanted TNT to match NBC but because they matched Amazon instead they are not happy. As a fan, I absolutely want TNT to get it over Amazon. Honestly losing Inside the NBA would be extremely hard to replace.

Losing inside the NBA is totally meaningless to most fans. Seriously? Do you work for TNT?

I’d prefer to keep inside the nba. Being able to just turn tnt on and watch a game.