The Orioles on Thursday lost their appeal of a decision ordering their regional television network to pay the neighboring Washington Nationals tens of millions of dollars more in broadcast rights fees.
The Orioles and the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network — which broadcasts both teams' games — had argued that Major League Baseball had a conflict of interest when its arbitration panel awarded the Nationals nearly $100 million in additional rights fees last year.
But the New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Division said MASN and the Orioles failed to establish that the arbitration panel, which was comprised of three MLB club owners, was less than impartial.