There may not be too many more Portland Trail Blazers games broadcast on ROOT Sports, according to Sports Business Journal reporter John Ourand.
The company, which operates three AT&T SportsNet-branded channels in Denver, Houston and Pittsburgh and has a minority stake in the Root Sports channel in Seattle, has told teams that they have until March 31 to reach an agreement to take their rights back. If the RSNs can’t reach deals with the teams, the channels eventually plan to move forward with a Chapter 7 liquidation filing.
The Blazers join the Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets as the teams directly affected by this deal.