Hold All The Crazy Inside

[Nuno]

Ok, I feel like I've increased my knowledge around your personality now. Thank you.

 

[Lawl Po Bia]

☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆

 

[Imperium]

3c is going to send you socks for Christmas.

 

[Hakuteiken]

3c is going to send you socks for Christmas.

Shouldn't you use spoiler tags here

 

[Imperium]

Spoiler

3c is going to send you socks for Christmas.

 

[xi0]

Hm, I wasn't aware secret Santa started

 

[M3J]

Do you use socks to fap?

 

[Kaiten]

wow. I can't believe you went there, and in public.

 

[Nuno]

I appreciate the spoiler tag, Imp, but I'm merely trying to make interesting and highly relevant conversation in this thread. I have by no means a hidden agenda. Consider it as meaningful spam.

 

[goldb]

Caption the image:

 

[Kaiten]

Gary and Thornie's Key West vacation

 

[Doraku]

I wonder what they feel when their skins rub against each other.. thorn the bear in the front looks so happy.

 

[Nii]

wow no new post for two days? That has to be a record...

 

[xi0]

I've been sick, so people knew to stay away

 

[Nuno]

Indeed. Who keeps claiming RL =/= VL? When in fact a guy's sickness in RL can affect how others treat his VL "home", it's obvious the two are the same.

 

[Kaiten]

Best news I've heard in a day otherwise filled with horrible news.

 

[xi0]

I don't necessarily get how they can seek a buyer for both of the team's rights unless Angelo's decides to sell them...

Maybe I'm not reading it closely enough, whatever

 

[Kaiten]

I don't necessarily get how they can seek a buyer for both of the team's rights unless Angelo's decides to sell them...

Maybe I'm not reading it closely enough, whatever

The MASN deal is an anachronism. In 2005 everyone viewed the YES Network as the model television deal. The value of television rights have skyrocketed since then, even the Yankees recently sold 49% of YES to Fox Sports. The combined Washington-Baltimore market is huge, and massively valuable. Having two teams in one large market makes this area very desirable for broadcasters. TV rights here are probably a multi-billion dollar property. If he sells MASN, along with the TV rights to the Orioles, Angelos stands to make a massive profit, more than he could ever hope for if he kept the network. The Nationals would then be free to sign with whomever bought MASN, now for fair market value.

MLB potentially could force Angelos to sell, claiming the deal is in the best interest of baseball. In today's post, Thomas Boswell said that is unlikely though. Baseball would be too afraid Angelos would sue. Considering the money involved in baseball TV deals, I am willing to bet he will take the money.

 

[xi0]

I'm well aware of the money involved. A local station here likes to remind listeners how much Angelo's earns in a year from it, subtracts what the payroll is of the team that season and then you get a rough idea of how much he gets to pocket from it.

This whole issue is precisely because of how the Baltimore-Washington market is counted as one. Angelo's blackmailed MLB in a way, and because MLB insisted on having a team in Washington again, they caved into what he wanted. Whether he'll sell or it, I would think he would, but the guy isn't available for interviews so he's sort of an enigma these days. I was just confused about how the idea would even come up unless he had an interest in selling the broadcast rights in the first place.

 

[Kaiten]

Assuming the offer is as high as I think it will be, the only reason not to sell is out of spite, the Al Davis method. Even down here we know that unlike most owners, Angelos relies on the Orioles for personal income.

While I don't like the deal, I can't really say Angelos blackmailed baseball. He was within his rights and should have received some form of compensation. MLB did infringe on his territory. Handing him the TV rights to the Nationals was incredibly shortsighted though. Considering the size of the market, it was bound to be a bad situation. That the Nationals have two of the three biggest young stars in baseball only makes the situation worse. Unless there is some sort of change they are left with a big market team stuck with one of the lowest value TV contracts in the sport.