FanHome - View Single Post - Mariners and FSN nearing 10 year, $300M deal

Sawman · March 23rd, 2007, 07:37 AM

The Angels had this same dilemma before signing a 10-year $500 million deal with Fox Sports. Many people thought that Arte Moreno would go the independent way and create his own television/radio stations. But, when management costs and other factors are brought into play, the guaranteed yearly income of a deal with Fox Sports just makes a whole lot of sense. Sure, YES and NESN are cash cows for their respective teams, but they weren't always that way, and there were plenty of initial costs that were involved in the creation of those two entities.

March 23rd, 2007, 07:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
Sawman Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Riverside, Ca. Posts: 259	The Angels had this same dilemma before signing a 10-year $500 million deal with Fox Sports. Many people thought that Arte Moreno would go the independent way and create his own television/radio stations. But, when management costs and other factors are brought into play, the guaranteed yearly income of a deal with Fox Sports just makes a whole lot of sense. Sure, YES and NESN are cash cows for their respective teams, but they weren't always that way, and there were plenty of initial costs that were involved in the creation of those two entities.