What has been driving the huge free agent deals we saw this past winter, the large contract extensions we’ve seen recently and the $2 billion sale price of the Los Angeles Dodgers? Why, big-time increases in broadcast rights fees, that’s what.
Today at Variety our friend Jon Weisman takes a look at this phenomenon, what is behind it and asks whether it’s sustainable or, rather, if it’s a big bubble that could be popped via cable TV regulation or something.
It behooves you to read this if you care at all about the financial context in which baseball currently finds itself, as broadcast rights and the riches they are raining down on the game are the most important thing impacting it, by far.
