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The Sporting Class: Decoding the NBA’s Billion-Dollar Legal Fight with Warner Bros. Discovery

2024/8/2
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Pablo Torre: 本期节目讨论了WBD起诉NBA的案件,WBD声称NBA不公平地拒绝了他们对第三方报价(亚马逊)的匹配。他们认为此举不仅违反了合同,也损害了球迷的利益。 David Samson:WBD关于球迷利益受损的说法站不住脚,球迷的意愿很少影响联盟和球队的决策。他认为NBA在谈判中始终拥有比转播包数量更多的竞标者,并且在与亚马逊达成协议前就已经做好了充分的准备。 John Skipper:他认为Adam Silver最初的目标是续约两份现有合同并增加第三个合作伙伴,而非一开始就打算放弃TNT。他认为WBD拒绝了NBA提出的约23亿美元的续约报价,而WBD认为21亿美元是他们的最高报价。他认为NBA向WBD提出了一个他们知道WBD难以接受的报价,这并非是欺诈行为。 John Skipper: 他认为NBA始终拥有比转播包数量更多的竞标者,并且最初希望TNT和ESPN续约。他认为亚马逊在NBA获得TNT和ESPN的许可后加入了独家谈判期,而TNT体育公司率先提出了引入亚马逊的想法。他认为NBA在与亚马逊达成协议前就已经做好了充分的准备,并且对胜诉充满信心。他认为独家谈判期并不意味着不能与其他潜在合作伙伴进行接触,只是不能进行正式的谈判。他认为NHL在电视转播权交易中获得的资金不如其他联盟多,并且他从未试图在其他人的独家谈判期间为他们进行谈判。 David Samson: 他认为NBC公开宣布其报价是为了确保如果WBD未能满足NBA的要求,NBA知道还有其他选择。他认为联盟会谨慎行事,避免任何可能导致独家谈判期被违反的行为。他认为WBD不太可能在法庭上胜诉,获得NBA转播权,他们的目标可能是通过制造困扰来促使NBA进行和解,并获得赔偿。他认为大型公司通常会对认为麻烦大于金钱损失的诉讼进行和解。 David Samson: 他认为WBD的目标是获得NBA转播权或获得赔偿。他认为WBD不太可能获得法院的禁令,因为还有一年的合同期限,并且很难说服法院WBD受到了巨大的损害。他认为WBD最终目标可能是通过和解获得经济补偿,而不是获得NBA转播权。他认为Comcast可能会利用其与WBD的合同关系,对WBD施加压力,降低WBD的频道转播费,甚至将其频道下架。他认为Charles Barkley等TNT评论员可能会利用这个机会表达不满,给NBA制造麻烦,但NBA可以通过调整转播安排来限制TNT评论员的影响力。他认为负责此案的法官曾代表ABA球队与NBA进行过诉讼,但这不太可能影响此案的判决。他认为Comcast和NBC可能联手,通过降低WBD的转播费来削弱WBD。

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Welcome to The Sporting Class! Meadowlark Media CEO John Skipper and Nothing Personal's David Samson are back with another episode with host of Pablo Torre Finds Out ... Pablo Torre! The NBA media rights deal saga is not over just yet. Warner Bros. Discovery is not going away quietly as they have now sued the NBA. What exactly does David Zaslav want from this? NBA games? Money? Both? What’s the deal with Charles Barkley? Is he going to stay with TNT? He said he was going to retire after the 2025 season, but now it doesn’t look likely. Let’s take a look at the judge in this case of WBD v. NBA. The judge hearing the case was a part of the Spirits of St. Louis and its lawsuit against the NBA. Should this knowledge from the judge matter? Comcast is one of the largest distributors in the country. What is TNT worth to Comcast if it loses the NBA? Let’s explain what these carriage fees are and the leverage Comcast has over the new fees.

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