"What exactly is a Main Street Sports Group? Square on a Monopoly board? Little league sports committee? Totally solid guesses, but it's actually the corporate face behind the FanDuel Sport Network, the television home of nine MLB clubs- including the Marlins. Or rather, it was the home of them. According to The Athletic's reports, FanDuel missed numerous payments to those clubs, with Miami being one of them."
"Back to baseball though, television money is obviously a huge chunk of revenue every MLB team, but it's particularly important to the smaller payroll clubs like the Marlins. And now suddenly, a huge chunk of incoming money is now very much in flux. Gone outright? That seems unlikely. Smaller to much smaller than what Miami was expecting heading into the 2026 season? Almost certainly."
Main Street Sports Group serves as the corporate face of the FanDuel Sports Network, which broadcast games for nine MLB clubs including the Miami Marlins. FanDuel reportedly missed multiple payments to those teams, prompting all nine clubs to cancel their local broadcast contracts. Television-generated revenue represents a substantial portion of team income and is especially important to smaller-payroll clubs like the Marlins. The potential loss or reduction of guaranteed broadcast money creates uncertainty about Miami's offseason payroll flexibility and roster plans for 2026. Options for replacing the revenue include switching local rights to Scripps or joining MLB's centralized streaming package. The final revenue outcome and the quality of any new TV product remain uncertain.
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