"The signing of outfielder Kyle Tucker has sparked a total meltdown on social media, with fanbases from all over the MLB spectrum coming out of the woodwork and calling out the Dodgers for "ruining baseball." Tucker is set to earn $60 million per season, an incredibly high average annual value, which will have him among the highest-paid athletes in the sport. He is joining a team already full of stars in Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani, and Freddie Freeman - the reigning World Series champions."
"While trying to oust Frank McCourt as an owner in MLB, the league blocked a $3 billion deal between the Dodgers and Fox Sports, prompting McCourt to file a suit in bankruptcy court. McCourt was trying to sell the team for all its worth, and he needed to make sure bidders knew what to expect from a TV deal. In bankruptcy court, MLB agreed that the fair-market value for the Dodgers' TV deal was the Fox offer, meaning the league would take its 34 percent cut based on those terms."
""In a nutshell, in order to get Frank McCourt out, which was the objective from MLB, they had to make a deal with him in bankruptcy court," Shakin said on the show."
The Dodgers secured a Spectrum television contract containing a clause that lets the team keep an extra portion of TV revenue, altering the expected league revenue split. Kyle Tucker signed a massive deal worth $60 million per season and joined a star-laden Dodgers roster including Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani, and Freddie Freeman, prompting widespread social media backlash. During Frank McCourt's attempted sale and bankruptcy proceedings, MLB negotiated valuation terms tied to a prior Fox offer, which affected the league's entitlement to a 34 percent share. The final TV agreement exceeded earlier valuations, limiting MLB's ability to claim more from the new deal.
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