The Seattle Mariners already claim to be hurting in the financial department, and we can't imagine that this will help.
The Seattle Mariners got some potentially awful news this week which could have a big impact on the team's financial situation when moving into another critical offseason.
According to Sean Highkin of the "Rose Garden Report," the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA are leaving the Mariners-owned ROOT Sports ahead of this upcoming NBA season and going to their own over-the-air model. With one year remaining on their deal, the Blazers are parting ways with ROOT Sports, effective immediately."Trail Blazers basketball will no longer air on ROOT Sports, but we thank ROOT Sports for years of great partnership,” the team said in a statement on Wednesday afternoon. “An exciting announcement on the future television home of Blazers basketball will be made soon."
According to sources with knowledge of the team’s plans, they will be moving games to an over-the-air partner to be determined.Potentially greatly. The Seattle Kraken of the NHL already announced that they were leaving ROOT Sports as well. Considering that the Mariners own ROOT sports and these teams pay to be a part of ROOT Sports, this means that the Mariners are no longer bringing in revenue from those partnerships.
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