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An example of how this has played out in recent history… when the Washington Nationals
moved into RFK Stadium, that ballpark and Washington D.C. in general is only
45 minutes from Baltimore's Camden Yards… thus it is well within the radius
of the Orioles and Baltimore did indeed invoke it's territorial rights. In the
end, a compromise was made and the Nationals were allowed to move into Washington
D.C.. In return, the Nationals had to give up all of their rights to their
own Television media (a package worth million of dollars). The Baltimore Orioles
now own their rights and are in charge of broadcasting the Nationals games (and
if you're wondering if they kept games from being aired to spite the new team...
the Orioles did indeed do just that). The Nationals are now the only team
that doesn’t own their own media rights. |