The attorney for Diamond Sports Group, which owns Bally Sports and holds the local television broadcast rights to a dozen major league baseball teams, told the bankruptcy court on Wednesday that the company has terminated the contracts for the Detroit Tigers and the Tampa Bay Rays, and is expected to terminate the contracts for seven other teams over the coming off season. Contracts for three teams expired at the end of the 2024 season.
Speaking at a virtual hearing in front of Judge Christopher Lopez, Diamond counsel Andrew Goldman revealed that the owner of the Bally Sports-branded regional sports networks (RSNs) expects to cut ties with what amounts to eight MLB clubs, should it successfully emerge from bankruptcy.