Last week, I wrote about Major League Baseball’s hire of an executive whose function will primarly be overseeing local broadcasts. The point, in a Sports Business Journal article quoted in the link above:
This is what all baseball fans want, of course — the ability to watch any game from anywhere, regardless of location. Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts touched on this in an article by Meghan Montemurro in the Tribune over the weekend:
“The regional sports network ecosystem is under some pressure as people cut cords with cable,” Ricketts said. “I know the league is watching it very, very closely.