MLB & ESPN parting ways after 35 years (1990-2025)

[mson]

Baseball is about to really find out that they don't love u like that. They been in free fall for a long time. They were part of the fabric of America for a long time. But they've been replaced by the NFL and NBA and it's been that way since really the 90s.i think it's one of those things where you so far ahead that ppl don't notice the fall until it suddenly hits the bottom. Welcome to the bottom MLB, the NBA will experience this too in the coming yrs after the new massive TV deals they just signed expire. Those deals were on the backs of LeBron, Steph, KD. They had better find a new American superstar really soon. They are more global than MLB though, but that ain't enough to sustain the leagues current popularity which is already suffering and slipping. They need for Cooper Flagg to pan out.

I doubt the NBA will experience the same thing. But time will tell.

 

[prime]

If mlb was smart they would take a chance with the CW like nfl did with fox but with no mlb on espn we can get UFL Sunday night football let's get it

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

If mlb was smart they would take a chance with the CW like nfl did with fox but with no mlb on espn we can get UFL Sunday night football let's get it

The CW doesn't have that type of bread compared to other network stations

 

[K-Apps]

The CW doesn't have that type of bread compared to other network stations

I could see CW at least making a bid, why not if the money at 250-300 or even less. Unless Amazon or Netflix come in, I don’t see where MLB gets a good value deal

 

[Osmar]

MLB contract is for 30 regular season games, the HR derby, and Wildcard round

NBA contract is for the 80 regular season games, NBA Playoffs, Conference Finals, and NBA finals,

This page stole this word for word from Clay Travis, it is not really a 1 to 1 comparison

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

The MLB deal gives them 30 regular season games and 1st round of the playoffs. The NBA deal gives them the Finals.

They were overpaying the MLB for what they were getting.

ESPN has been giving bags to NFL, NBA, NHL, and College Football but of course they focus on NBA since ‘90s stans have given them the green light to attack the league.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

I could see CW at least making a bid, why not if the money at 250-300 or even less. Unless Amazon or Netflix come in, I don’t see where MLB gets a good value deal

That would require them spending money, which this new regime have shown that they're hesitant to do especially since the ROI wouldn't justify the cost.

 

[Remote]

Marchand brings up some good points.

I'm against ESPN on this because they don't promote the game well enough. That's a fan perspective.

But from business perspective, maybe this was a bit more delicate and MLB may regret this.

Listen to this instead.

 

[zayk35]

I doubt the NBA will experience the same thing. But time will tell.

I think so, just look at what's being said about the NBA today. So far this season has been nothing but "shyt on the NBA" conversations left and right. You already know they on some with the NBA in the 1st place, the average salary is 11 million guaranteed dollars a year. So they already think it ain't nothing but a bunch of overpaid nikkaz in the 1st place. Then with a lot of the current best players being foreign, American xenophobia kicks in big time.

 

[LDC]

If Ohtani wanted to learn English he would have learned it by now. Acuña is now doing interviews in English without his translator.

Ohtani can speak English and does at times (the WS parade last year), but He does his interviews with translators for the majority of his fans in Japan. I get what you're saying tho because he's HERE in the US but a lot of the foreign players can speak English but choose not to mainly because since it's not their native language, they don't want to say something wrong and be misinterpreted. --->See the Jorge Lopez post game interview that got him cut from the Mets last year.