re: MLS rejected a $4 billion media rights deal bc it required pro/rel

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Can't wait to see how this is spun

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You did the spinning for your side already.

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bc it required pro/rel

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Or...

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Those broadcasters have "exclusive negotiating windows and renewal rights," MLS said in a statement on Monday, and thus the league would be unable to consider Silva's offer, no matter the terms.

"As was stated to Mr. Silva both in person and in a subsequent letter, Major League Soccer is prohibited contractually from engaging in discussions about our media rights with other distributors," said Dan Courtemanche, MLS executive vice president of communications.

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They hypothetically may have never accepted it because it had pro/rel — they said they weren't interested, but no one knows for sure if it was because of pro/rel — but they turned it down because they were contractually obligated to do that.

However, it made for a good thread title.



ETA: And the guy above me already said all this. This is what you get for writing a post when you're trying to pay attention in a conference call.