03-23-2023, 01:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-23-2023, 02:01 PM by SkenfromLMF.)
(03-15-2023, 01:39 PM)IamDougieFresh Wrote: WNot sure this is exactly good news. IF they can convince a a bankruptcy court that the rights to the games are protectable assets then the contracts will stay in place until they expire (or Bally emerges from Bankruptcy).
https://twitter.com/thenbacentral/status...77472?s=46&t=-lW3MUk_hy_SiUq46U-6RA
BTW I have a theory that the NBA & NHL colluded to to damage Bally -
3 years ago, there was consistently a run of 4 out 5 (sometimes 5 out of 7) nights that there was either a Stars game or a Mavs game on Bally. Very rarely did we have to access ALT (.1 or -1) channels on Bally to get a game due to double booking game nights. This year it is polar opposite: Many (I would say most) nights the Stars and Mavs are either double scheduled (home/road) on the same night so that even if they were staggered where one was on the West Coast, it forced Bally to use multiple channels to provide both broadcasts. This scheduling without a doubt seriously hurt Bally's ratings. Knowing that both leagues are unhappy with Bally and their hold on streaming rights, this cannot be a mere coincidence. I think there is something brewing and both leagues through their respective offices are aware of how the other is handling scheduling. I would wager a great deal that Gary Bettman (NHL Commissioner) still has a great many contacts in the NBA Offices if not direct access to the Commissioner's office from his time as Adam Silver's predecessor under Stern.