The tradition of a cable giant battling a sports programmer, with fans caught in the middle, is alive and well.
Comcast pulled the plug on the Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network early Wednesday morning after the two couldn’t reach agreement on a new deal.
And the issue is money, not whether the Yankees can add a marquee player to their roster.
How shocking!
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Comcast contends Fox, which owns 80% of YES (the Bombers own the other 20%), wants an unreasonable increase, which could be as high as 33%.