The Cardinals’ uncertain broadcast situation and the future of league-wide TV and streaming rights

The Cardinals recently opted out of their local-broadcast contract after a missed payment, and this leads to a discussion of the future of media rights and how that future might help St. Louis

The ongoing cord-cutting movement and the Regional Sports Network asset bubble it helped create continue to afflict Major League Baseball in general and the Cardinals in particular. Back in December, we learned that the Main Street Sports Group – parent company of FanDuel Sports – missed its December rights payment to the Cardinals, and in January they …