Major League Baseball will take control of San Diego Padres broadcasts after Diamond Sports Group on Tuesday did not make their scheduled rights payment for Bally Sports to continue broadcasting games, per ESPN's Alden González.
Tuesday's game against the Miami Marlins will be Bally Sports' final Padres broadcast.
Diamond Sports Group was in the middle of a 20-year, $1.2 billion deal with the Padres for Bally Sports San Diego to broadcast the team's games. It was set to run through 2032.
Diamond Sports Group said in a statement, per John Ourand of Sports Business Journal:
"While DSG has significant liquidity and have been making rights payments to teams, the economics of the Padres' contract were not aligned with market realities.