The impending death of Bally Sports

[casimir]

3 hours ago, John_Brian_K said:

Start a network Illitch, Tigers and Red Wings, negotiate with Gores for Pistons...NFL will never be in that bag, but should be able to make money off that network with 3 majors locally.

Take it a step further and just buy the Pistons from Gores.

[gehringer_2]

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse....

Diamond has a naming rights deal with FanDuel. Bally Sports Det is now FanDuel. 

Ay Caramba!  - - de mierda!

 

Well, we can still hope Diamond never gets out of Bankruptcy.

Edited October 17, 2024 by gehringer_2

[oblong]

They were halfway there already....

[chasfh]

Oh my god, no.

Please, god, let there be a non-gambling-oriented stream made available.

[Shades of Deivi Cruz]

9 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse....

Diamond has a naming rights deal with FanDuel. Bally Sports Det is now FanDuel. 

They already had that stupid FanDual parlay for every game, which seemed like never won. If anyone was actually betting those, they need to have their head examined.

[Edman85]

3 hours ago, chasfh said:

Oh my god, no.

Please, god, let there be a non-gambling-oriented stream made available.

I mean Bally is a Casino, so this is basically the same thing.

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, Edman85 said:

I mean Bally is a Casino, so this is basically the same thing.

I was always surprised that Bally didn't lean into the whole gambling integration thing more than they did.

[theroundsquare]

Freep is reporting it now:

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/2024/10/18/bally-sports-detroit-fanduel-sports-network-diamond-sports-group/75735618007/ 

 

Per the article:

"That [i.e., Diamond Sports' statements to the bankruptcy court] meant the Tigers either have to renegotiate their deal or find a new TV home for their games in 2025. Since the news came out, there hasn't been any word about what the Tigers intend to do, and whether they'll appear on FanDuel Sports Network is not clear at this time."

Edited October 18, 2024 by theroundsquare

[gehringer_2]

So Ilitch re-upped the Wings but not the Tigers. Gonna be a long lonely summer for the FanDuel channel with no baseball....

[theroundsquare]

I don't know everything involved, but I've long thought it would make sense for Olympia to have its own RSN.  Tigers, Wings, hell, whatever else.  Put DCFC on there, I would watch it.  I suppose there has to be a good reason that they haven't done it. 

[gehringer_2]

16 minutes ago, theroundsquare said:

I don't know everything involved, but I've long thought it would make sense for Olympia to have its own RSN.  Tigers, Wings, hell, whatever else.  Put DCFC on there, I would watch it.  I suppose there has to be a good reason that they haven't done it. 

There has to be a lot of contention about the value of the Tigers' rights. Diamond probably complaining the current rights fee is a money loser and team  countering that going forward a winning team in Det will be a gold mine....

Edited October 18, 2024 by gehringer_2

[chasfh]

Hello, gambling odds on every pitch and winning odds in the score box.

[chasfh]

If I'm reading this right, maybe FanDuel isn't a completely done deal for the Tigers after all. I might hold out hope, but I'd ... ahem ... bet that the Tigers go into that fold before next season.

Marlins Have New Broadcast Deal with Diamond Sports Group for 2025

The Miami Marlins have reached a new deal to have Diamond Sports Group broadcast their games in the 2025 season, as revealed in bankruptcy court on Friday. No specifics about the Marlins’ deal have been reported as of yet. However, Diamond did announce that it has also come to a new naming-rights deal for its sports networks, so the former Bally Sports networks will all now be FanDuel Sports networks. At the moment, Miami and Atlanta are the only MLB teams with agreements with Diamond for 2025, and Diamond still has to provide the court with a viable business plan to avoid liquidation. The hearing to determine that viability will begin on November 14, per Evan Drellich of The Athletic.

[Tiger337]

On 10/21/2024 at 9:06 AM, chasfh said:

Hello, gambling odds on every pitch and winning odds in the score box.

If that's the direction they go, that might be the end for me as a baseball fan.  I really hope there is some outlet either on radio or online where we don't have that nonsense.