2013-14 Phillies Offseason Thread

[PhillyPhreak54]

Cooney said no details on the financials have come out other than it is "massive"

[ice grillin you]

money isnt the phillies problem....they have more than enough to win....its scouting and upper management...until that shtein gets fixed all this tv deal means is more terrible big deals will be given out in a depserate attempt to win every year

[Don Ho]

Sad but true.  With this three ring circus totally content with 2008 we can expect another 23 years of JV baseball.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Maybe they'll go sign Tanaka now

[MDS]

maybe they could sign new ownership

[SunMo]

no more phl17 games is good news for EI people, those were the games that EI didn't/couldn't broadcast

[ice grillin you]

2.5 Billion/25 years

[SunMo]

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Closing-Bell/2014/01/03/CSN-terms.aspx

The Phillies doubled their annual average TV rights fee and picked up an ownership stake in CSN Philadelphia, according to several sources. NBC Sports Group, which operates the RSN, has agreed to a 25-year deal that will see it pay an average of $100M per year for the rights, with the annual fee growing between 3-4% each year, sources said. That figure doubles the rights fee the team had received from CSN Philadelphia and its over-the-air partner, Philadelphia's NBC affiliate.

The Phillies also increased its ownership stake in the RSN to 25%. It is unclear how much of CSN Philadelphia the Phillies had owned before. The Philadelphia Daily News first reported news of the contract extension. The Phillies' TV deal was set to expire after the '15 season. The more than $2.5B in aggregate rights fees places the Phillies in the upper echelon of MLB teams, and the initial annual figure of $100M currently trails only the Dodgers, Angels, Rangers and Mariners – though it also will be eclipsed by the Yankees.

[SD]

I thought they'd get half that. Time for RAJ to sign some zesty deals.

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://www.crossingbroad.com/2014/01/jonathan-papelbon-declares-his-red-sox-fandom-rips-phillies-clubhouse-atmosphere-again.html#comments

[MDS]

hes the worst person ever but hes right

stems from utley howard hamels and rollins checked out leadership. they had their ring...their paychecks...nothing left to care or do.

[Don Ho]

Get that red neck the farg out of here.  God he makes me sick.

[MDS]

84 days until marlon byrd is playing right field

[Don Ho]

As bummed as I am about the birds going down, this is the first time in a very long time I really don't give a shtein when pitchers & catchers report. 

[Sgt PSN]

NFL and NBA drafts are the next 2 sporting events circled on my calendar.