JUST IN: Court rules for Nationals in TV dispute with Orioles
The Orioles control the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, a two-team regional sports network. Last decade, an arbitration committee of baseball executives appointed by the Major League Baseball commissioner said the value for the Nationals should be set at $297 million for 2012 through 2016.
“The parties agreed to an industry insider-controlled process with a full understanding of the commissioner’s involvement,” according to the decision, which was written by Judge Madeline Singas. “MASN and the Orioles cannot now complain that they received something different than what they bargained for through the insider process they selected.”
The dispute originates from MLB’s purchase of the Montreal Expos and moving the club to Washington in 2005. The Orioles contended the Nationals’ presence in their TV market would harm them financially. So, MLB and the two teams negotiated an agreement under which MASN would televise both teams’ games.
“While it is unfortunate that our decision may send this protracted litigation into extra innings, that result is necessitated by the settlement agreement’s terms,” Singas wrote.
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