Tag: Bally Sports

"I just don't believe that there will be a time when I turn my television on and the Penguins and Pirates won't be on."

"The implosion is not going to happen all at once. It's just happening all at once for the biggest purveyor of regional sports networks in the country."

Once streaming became more prevalent, it was only natural that the regional sports network model was going to collapse.

"What we’re bringing to the market is a new model that the leagues and the teams can get behind because they understand it’s about balancing both the revenue that they bring in as well as reach."

"Commissioner Rob Manfred says that it may behoove the league not to rely on teams' local media rights deals so heavily."

"The league reportedly gave Diamond Sports Group a list of 13 conditions for renewal. All 13 have currently been met."

"Diamond Sports Group expects that its business will continue as usual."

“What we do is largely dependent on how Diamond and the creditors play their cards, what they decide to do.”

“Right now, there is a large amount of people who don’t see games in their home markets. That’s not good for the sports leagues.”

“He is a true gentleman. He is a friend to all of us. It was hard for me to do the broadcast last night having watched that.”