{"id":115866,"date":"2024-10-19T07:40:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T00:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115866"},"modified":"2024-10-19T07:40:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T00:40:48","slug":"miami-marlins-to-return-to-diamond-sports-as-mlb-rips-networks-fanduel-naming-rights-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115866","title":{"rendered":"Miami Marlins to return to Diamond Sports as MLB rips network\u2019s FanDuel naming-rights process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Two <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/\">Major League Baseball<\/a> teams are now confirmed to be in Diamond Sports Group\u2019s 2025 broadcasting plans, so long as the company successfully emerges from bankruptcy: the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"94\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/braves\/\">Atlanta Braves<\/a> and, as newly revealed in court Friday morning, the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"107\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/marlins\/\">Miami Marlins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other clubs could still be added to the list, but for now, six teams that were televised by Diamond last season remain in limbo: the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"99\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/reds\/\">Cincinnati Reds<\/a>, <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"102\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/tigers\/\">Detroit Tigers<\/a>, <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"104\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/royals\/\">Kansas City Royals<\/a>, <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"105\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/angels\/\">Los Angeles Angels<\/a>, <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"118\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/cardinals\/\">St. Louis Cardinals<\/a> and <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"119\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/rays\/\">Tampa Bay Rays<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are two teams,\u201d said Joe Graham, a lawyer for Diamond Sports Group, in federal bankruptcy court. \u201cObviously we\u2019re in negotiations with other teams \u2026 around remaining in the fold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James Bromley, a lawyer for Major League Baseball, said it would be \u201ca minimum of two,\u201d but added the league is going to try to fight Diamond\u2019s continued relationship with the Braves.<\/p>\n<p>Diamond\u2019s \u201cplan of reorganization currently anticipates the assumption of the Atlanta Braves\u2019 executory contract, which we will be opposing, as well as the continued relationship with the Miami Marlins,\u201d Bromley said.<\/p>\n<p>A question of MLB\u2019s future with Diamond came up Friday morning in a last-minute hearing when Diamond requested approval for its new multi-year naming rights deal with FanDuel, which begins Oct. 21 and replaces the Bally branding that Diamond channels currently have.<\/p>\n<p>Bromley sharply criticized the lack of information Diamond provided about the deal, which was filed under seal. In court, Graham said there are two terms in the deal: one covering this <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nba\/\">NBA<\/a> and <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nhl\/\">NHL<\/a> season, and another automatically beginning May 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFanDuel will pay Diamond a fixed naming rights fee and commit to a minimum annual spend for media,\u201d Graham said. \u201cThere\u2019s obviously a smaller amount paid for this upcoming season, and then there\u2019s a larger agreement for pay over the future multi-year extension.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham said FanDuel has access to equity in the deal as well, with \u201ca purchase option for up to 5 percent of the reorganized company\u2019s equity, and performance warrants for up to an additional 5 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MLB argued that Diamond had months to provide information to the league about the naming rights plan and never did, and noted its concerns regarding FanDuel, a sports betting company, as naming rights operator in particular.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not something that should be happening, and it\u2019s not consistent with the way the debtors should be running this case. These are motions being filed in an ambush fashion,\u201d Bromley said. \u201cIt is critical to Major League Baseball and its clubs that they be in the middle of any conversations with respect to the integration of online sports betting with their sports content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judge Chris Lopez and Bromley had a briefly testy exchange.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought MLB wanted out,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cWhy is \u2014 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want out, your honor,\u201d Bromley responded. \u201cBut you know what \u2014 \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen what\u2019s the issue? If you\u2019re out, then why do you want to know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They briefly tried to talk over each other.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHold on a second Mr. Bromley, I\u2019m just trying to reconcile the two statements \u2026 I don\u2019t want to get in an argument with you,\u201d Lopez said.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Bromley seemed to persuade Lopez that MLB needed more information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reorganized entities are going to have access to and televise, if the plan is confirmed, Major League Baseball content,\u201d Bromley said. \u201cSo that\u2019s not out. \u2026 If it was one baseball club, it would be enough, but it\u2019s actually two, and perhaps there are going to be more. But it right now looks like at a minimum of two, and so therefore we are a party in interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lopez instructed Diamond to show MLB more of the deal, and ultimately approved it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Graham, why can\u2019t the MLB at least see the portion that they would need to see to give them comfort that no one is expanding anything with respect to rights for MLB?\u201d Lopez said. \u201cHe\u2019s got to be able to see the language and get comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some closure as to Diamond\u2019s future appears likely to come in mid-November. Nov. 14 marks the start of a potential two-day confirmation hearing, where the judge will consider whether Diamond has a viable plan or reorganization.<\/p>\n<p>Bromley indicated Friday that MLB plans to offer formal objections, plural, to the plan\u2019s confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have objections, and we\u2019ll deal with those in connection with the confirmation hearing,\u201d Bromley said.<\/p>\n<p>Bromley said in a previous hearing that MLB and Diamond are in negotiations to sort out Diamond\u2019s relationships with MLB teams ahead of the big mid-November court date.<\/p>\n<p>Diamond Sports Group broadcast 12 MLB teams last season. Four teams have announced they will not be back: the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"100\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/guardians\/\">Cleveland Guardians<\/a>, <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"108\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/brewers\/\">Milwaukee Brewers<\/a>, <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"109\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/twins\/\">Minnesota Twins<\/a> and <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"120\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/tex-rangers\/\">Texas Rangers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the new naming deal, Diamond\u2019s 16 owned and operated RSNs will include: FanDuel Sports Network Detroit, FanDuel Sports Network Florida, FanDuel Sports Network Great Lakes, FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City, FanDuel Sports Network Indiana, FanDuel Sports Network Midwest, FanDuel Sports Network North, FanDuel Sports Network Ohio, FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma, FanDuel Sports Network SoCal, FanDuel Sports Network South, FanDuel Sports Network Southeast, FanDuel Sports Network Southwest, FanDuel Sports Network Sun, FanDuel Sports Network West, and FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPartnering with Diamond provides us an opportunity to put the FanDuel brand at the intersection of the nation\u2019s largest group of regional sports networks,\u201d Mike Raffensperger, president of sports at FanDuel, said in a media release. \u201cA large cohort of FanDuel customers are devoted RSN viewers and this agreement allows us to further cement the FanDuel brand with sports fans and provides a unique vehicle to reward our users.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David Preschlack, Diamond\u2019s CEO, said in the same release, \u201cCollaborating with FanDuel provides a tremendous pathway for Diamond to elevate the fan experience and deepen the incremental value we provide for our team, league and distribution partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>(Photo: Matt Thomas \/ <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"115\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/mlb\/team\/padres\/\">San Diego Padres<\/a> \/ Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5853737\/2024\/10\/18\/miami-marlins-diamond-sports-return\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Major League Baseball teams are now confirmed to be in Diamond Sports Group\u2019s 2025 broadcasting plans, so long as the company successfully emerges from bankruptcy: the Atlanta Braves and, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115866\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115866\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}