Rangers New TV Deal

[SZBrewerFan]

MLB Trade Rumors is reporting that the Texas Rangers just signed a 20 year extension with Fox Sports South which is worth $3 Billion. That comes to $150,000,000 per year....which is mind blowing to me. I know they are a far larger market than the Brewers, but how does that compare to our current deal? Does anyone know the details of our deal?

 

Edit: Clarified thread title --cc

[dadofandrew]

That seems way high, to say the least.

[TooLiveBrew]

Fwiw, the article MLBTR cited is here.

[Invader3K]

The Brewers only get like $20 million a year from their pathetic TV contract, if I'm not mistaken.

[dadofandrew]

If the Dodgers get $45M, $20M for the Crew is more than fair.

[RyDogg66]

I thought the headline of the thread was what Boras wanted for a Fielder extension.

[MadScientist]

One more team with a huge income to price free agents out of the Brewers' range.

 

MLB needs to start fully sharing local TV revenue. That's about the only hope for a competitive future in Baseball.

[AJAY]

Has it ever been officially confirmed how much the Brewers get in television revenue?

[jjkoestler]

I thought the headline of the thread was what Boras wanted for a Fielder extension.

 

 

Well played, sir.

[WestSideWillie]

I thought the headline of the thread was what Boras wanted for a Fielder extension.

 

Well played, sir.

That comment could be hysterical, if it wasn't true, could it be? Most excellent.

 

 

[Invader3K]

Has it ever been officially confirmed how much the Brewers get in television revenue?

I don't think so. I think I remember it being reported it was around $20 million a season, but that was some time ago.

[crewcrazy]

The originally reported total is incorrect -- the Dallas Morning News reports that the deal is actually worth $80 million a year over 20 years. Still a big chunk of change.

[jeffy]

Barry Horn of the Dallas Morning News is painting a markedly different -- but still quite sanguine -- picture, reporting that the extension will dispense approximately $1.5-1.6 billion to the Rangers over that same 20 years, with a portion of that total ($70-80 million) being payable in the form of a up-front bonus after the 2010 season. The extension itself will not kick in until after the Rangers' existing television deal expires in 2014, which leaves that post-2010 bonus as the only significant impact on team revenues over the next four years.

 

http://www.bbtia.com/home...-the-rangers-richer.html

 

Assuming 3% inflation, this is equivalent to about $50 million per year in today's dollar, for the years 2015-2034.