RedRamage

I tend to agree. I mean, how much better would it have been if instead of: "And then her work really to kind of tear apart the culture that she inherited with Matt (Patricia) and Bob (Quinn) and how do we get this right?" He'd said: "And then her work to really get the culture of this team right. How to really dig in and get the place working together and pointed forward?" No need to specifically throw shade at Matt and Bob... no reason to call out past sins... just focus on the good stuff going forward. Honestly, given that you were responsible for bringing in Matt and Bob... you probably shouldn't focus too much on how they failed and set the team back.

I suspect MLB's audience is still skewed away from the streaming trend.

I thought I read a blurb about this somewhere but can't find the article now. There was something about teams have x-number of days to pull back their rights. I'm just guessing here but I would assume that they have the option to pull back their rights prior to bankruptcy and if they did then the rights debt that DSG owes would go away as well. If they didn't, then the rights would go as an asset under bankruptcy. I suspect a team would prefer to have their right back, but if they did this then DSG is under no requirement to air the games and the teams would need to scramble with only a month to go before opening day to get broadcasts lined up. If it goes under bankruptcy then there's probably incentive for DSG to still air the game to get the revenue, but the teams may not see all (or any?) of their rights payments come through.

They could "split the difference" I would think... just have a production crew at each stadium and only fly the talking heads around. I suspect the broadcasts would be better with a dedicated crew for each team, but this would probably save a decent chunk of money while still given teams they home town announcers. Honestly I think I would hate having a "national" broadcast for each game. It's one of the things I hate about NFL games is that announcers don't know a ton about the team and they end up telling the same stories every week because they don't know that the crew last week covered the exact same thing. Whenever the Dodgers were making a playoff run the announcers had to at least twice talk about Stafford and Kershaw.

Well, in a perfect world... Bally, er I mean Diamond Sports Group, had huge debt and only two income sources, which means they needed to pay all their staff, all their broadcast rights, and all their interests on debt based only on ad revenue and subscribers. I would hope that MLB isn't as dependent on subscriber income. Add in that they should get more 3rd party money from the gambling crap shown on screen and I would HOPE that they would be able to charge less than Bally was doing. But of course, that's a just my hope. The reality might be very, very different.

I didn't see the pitch itself, just saw the hitter on the ground. Anyone see the actual hit? Would a "face shield" have helped?

At what point do we start getting concerned about Tork? I mean, I know it's only Spring Training, and I know that it's only 6 games so far for him, but... 2 hits (both singles) in 16 at bats? 6 strike outs, and no walks?

Well... I mean this is just one guy saying it so I dunno if I'd say ironclad that the Tigers are "in front" of other teams, but... regardless it's still very, very cool to see that at least one person is saying that the Tigers are doing more/better than others.

I hate to say it... but I'd be pretty surprised if they didn't. And as much as I don't like that stuff if it means the price is more reasonable, I'd be willing to put up with it I guess.

Definitely sounds like MLB is gonna try and take over. Hope they're able to make it work for a reasonable price.

FWIW, I very much read your original referenced post as say the Lions wouldn't be big players because you felt they couldn't afford to bring in big names with their cap situation.

I wonder if he'll ask for a per touchdown bonus so he can pay the fines?

Stafford made him look good before, maybe he can make it look good again?

Yeah, I sorta think the same thing.

https://theramswire.usatoday.com/2023/02/27/rams-jalen-ramsey-trade-peter-king-projection/ Peter King is quoted as saying: I think I'd jump at the option of a 2nd and 4th round pick for Ramsey. If you could do the 55th over all and a 4th from 2024, would you do it?

No, that's incorrect. The definition of not true is NOT a lie. I don't want to go too far down a rabbit hole here in a sports forum, but there are many examples of an incorrect thing being said that isn't a lie. For example... remember the blue and black or white and gold dress? Many people thought it was white and gold. To them it looked white and gold. Was it a lie for them to say it's white and gold? This part I agree 100% with, especially when we're talking about potentially influencing multi-million dollar transactions. What we don't know is how much verifying he did or didn't do. One would hope that he did his due diligence, but the fact that we don't have very many (if any) other sources citing these potentially issues other than those repeating what he said, it does call in to question the validity of his statement.

I would agree with this... Character Concerns connote something far different than not being a gym rat. That said, these "workout concerns" (for lack of a better term) might be even a bigger negative for Campbell than "character concerns." IF it's true that he's not a heavy workout, always trying to improve kinds guy that might be a big red flag for Dan.

Fixed that for you... Also, I don't know I would call it a lie. For all we know McShay has a very reliable, very trustworthy source and 100% believe it to be true. That doesn't mean it is true, but if McShay believes it to be true then it's not a lie.

I don't disagree. But if I include the Browns then at least the Lions aren't the only team to never make the SB.

I kinda hope that regional sports networks don't go away... I mean, I like the idea of a one-stop shop for local sports. But the reality is that this is probably disappearing. What would concern me with the NBA, MLB, and NHL teaming up would be that a juggernaut might be able to charge whatever price they want to consumers. I don't want to pay an for a full sports package when what I watch is maybe 140+ games of the Tigers, a handful of Redwings, and nothing else.

I actually thought about that and dismissed it because I'd be upset with the refs, not the Lions. Perhaps splitting hairs but I wouldn't blame the Lions if they got screwed over on calls.

I tend to trust Risdon... but I'm less sure that I can trust what was told to him. What I mean is that lots and lots of smoke is pushed out so I dunno if this is factual or smoke screen info.

I'd be interested in this as well.

I disagree on the Browns, but that's probably mostly so I feel better about being a Lions fan. I also think it's fitting that the last time the Lions and Browns were both really good they were often competing against each other in the 50s for the league championship.

I honestly couldn't be upset with a Lions team that makes it to the super bowl and loses. Obviously I want them to win, but even just getting to the SB means they've tripled their playoff win total in the SB era.