The Dodgers' local-TV deal is a profound competitive advantage. Because of a bankruptcy-court ruling, the team will shield more than $1.3 billion from rev sharing over 25 years. What you might not know: They further monetized it through debt deals with Mark Walter-owned insurers.
Tom Brady on if he’s rooting for the Patriots in the Super Bowl: “I have no dog in the fight. May the best team win.”
David Ortiz when the Red Sox arch rival simply loses a series:
When everything was even, scholarships were capped, Indiana was quite literally the losingest program in CFB history. The second it became uncapped, they won the national championship. This is a tweet about major league baseball.
Many are justifying the Kyle Tucker signing, by saying that any owner could spend like the Dodgers but “they just don’t want to win enough”. This is the most idiotic take I’ve ever seen. It shows you know nothing about the business side of the game.
MLB let Dodgers keep almost all of their TV Money. They are the only team that gets to do this because of negotiations during the McCourt Bankruptcy.
After the bankruptcy settlement, They negotiated the largest local TV deal in all of MLB but the settlement amount subject to revenue share was based on the OLD contract. They do not have to share most of their TV money and this is what allows the insane spending. Again, they are 1 of 30 teams to get this carveout from the league and the only team who could even attempt to spend like this.
Stop saying other owners are cheap. None of them have a special exemption on revenue sharing for their TV contracts like the Dodgers do. MLB Created this situation.
The Dodgers have done the one thing owners in 50 years could not do. Turn the fans against the players, and now they are rooting for a lockout and a salary cap.
Drake Maye said Mike Vrabel gave them the option to practice inside today, but leaders on the team opted to practice outside where it was very cold.
"No shortcuts."