"You'll get plenty of more opening days. Let Howie and Keith Raad finish it the right way with 40,000 people, with optimism, hope, and then Howie can drop the mic and say I'm out."
While the payment for five seasons has now been determined, the next step will be coming to terms on payments for the five-year periods of 2017-2021 and 2022-2026.
"I do anticipate that eventually, most, if not all the industry, will move in the direction that we’re moving right now, and you won’t have [us] every year doing different rights deals."
"That prematurely ends a 20-year, $1.2 billion deal that was set to run through 2032, and just how the Padres will recoup the $60 million per year from these rights is unknown."
"You'll get plenty of more opening days. Let Howie and Keith Raad finish it the right way with 40,000 people, with optimism, hope, and then Howie can drop the mic and say I'm out."