Just thinking yesterday that TV issue is not going to be settled for a while. Diamond isn't doing a long-term deal with us. And, if this year-by-year issue TV contract is what will stop us from signing guys long-term, it will just continue. For the $5-$8 million that we lost from supposedly going to $60 million to maybe settling for low $50 millions ... that $5-$8 million only hits us via the 52/48 split in revenue sharing (so $2.5 to $4 million -- maybe $5-6 million). Heck, the MLB Draft lottery affected us just as much (with $$$ to sign 1-1 guy).
The only possible saving grace would be an Amazon scooping in and buying our future streaming rights which isn't a short-term issue anyways as MLB wants to steer that growth potential like it did with Padres (won't let us do that and sabotage their long-term plans). Thus, as FO has no idea what MLB will offer or what the market will give (if MLB gives % of revenue gained from their platform), it will not be settled anytime soon (may have to go a year or two into MLB game plan to see what it provides - what we consumers are willing to pay). It is not like Diamond is giving us a long-term deal anytime soon when it was about to drop us (and people continue to drop cable even without streaming service to go to).
