If you need a reminder about how valuable baseball media rights are…

[bfib]

ESPN is canceling Sunday Night Baseball in favor of WNBA and Women’s Soccer

[Bomber1]

Good.

Now even less reason to ever watch ESPN.

[Ozziesfan41]

Good.

Now even less reason to ever watch ESPN.

+1

[bfib]

Good.

Now even less reason to ever watch ESPN.

Have to have it for college sports…they also have Monday Night Football

But yeah, don’t think I’ll be tuning in for much women’s soccer

[Clubmaker2]

Network will dedicate the whole day to women’s sports, cleverly calling it Women’s Sports Sundays, per Variety.

[Hoosier59]

Probably tired of the exorbitant prices it takes to purchase it from MLB! That’s why Fox, Bally, and Fan Duel cant make a go of it either. Baseball is pricing itself right out of business! When a player like Kyle Tucker gets 60 mil/year you had to know things were going to get worse!

[TheJackBurton]

Probably tired of the exorbitant prices it takes to purchase it from MLB! That’s why Fox, Bally, and Fan Duel cant make a go of it either. Baseball is pricing itself right out of business! When a player like Kyle Tucker gets 60 mil/year you had to know things were going to get worse!

fox didn't have an issue with it. They were forced to sell the regional channels as part of the disney merger

If that merger never happens, or covid never happens we aren't in this spot for regional stations.