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Post #1 » by **Schad** » Wed Feb 8, 2023 2:32 am

Continued from here, just housekeeping as the creaky old forum software hates long threads.

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Jago88 · Post #2 » by **Jago88** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 6:05 pm

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Post #3 » by **Cyrus** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 6:21 pm

Lol what? But i guess at 15 mill per, that's chump change these days.

Post #4 » by **Schad** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 1:41 am

Cyrus wrote:Lol what? But i guess at 15 mill per, that's chump change these days.

It's not going to be $15m AAV in any realistic sense. It's a longer-term deal for Competitive Balance Tax purposes, but realistically it's probably best viewed as a 4 year, $27m AAV deal with money deferred over the following two years. Which is still a hell of a lot to pay for the age 37-40 seasons of a guy with a history of arm troubles.

polo007 · Post #5 » by **polo007** » Sun Feb 12, 2023 9:47 pm

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polo007 · Post #8 » by **polo007** » Wed Feb 15, 2023 12:07 am

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Post #10 » by **Schad** » Wed Feb 15, 2023 11:29 pm

https://awfulannouncing.com/wbd/att-sportsnet-rsns-reportedly-short-three-mlb-teams-on-rights-payments.html

If the RSN bubble pops, it's going to have a tremendous impact on team finances. Most of the RSNs lose (lots) of money on the deals, but use them for leverage in negotiating carriage fees with cable/satellite providers, the idea being that providers wouldn't be willing to risk the backlash of having entire markets without their hometown team and would consequently pay far more per subscriber to carry the RSNs than they do for other channels*. It hasn't been working out that way in recent years, though.

*Which is why I've always been dubious that Rogers is making a mint off Jays rights: they can't really hold themselves over the barrel.