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Judge sides with Washington Nationals in dispute with Baltimore Orioles over MASN rights fees

Is it actually, finally, really, over? Surely there are going to be more appeals by the Baltimore Orioles, right? Or is this really it, it? Like the end? Sports Business Group editor Eric Fisher’s reporting on Twitter tonight suggests that with the latest ruling, the Washington Nationals and the Orioles’ long-running MASN dispute might finally be over...

More than 4 years ago, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said that "sooner or later" MASN would pay higher rights fees to the Nationals. That day is now coming as a NY state Supreme Court judge rules definitively for the Nats & confirms a league arbitration award in their favor

— Eric Fisher (@EricFisherSBG) August 23, 2019

How much the Nats will get in additional local rights fees will be determined by a judicial hearing officer (appointed by the court to perform subordinate duties such as this).