ESPN/MLB Part Ways After 2025

[Tanko]

No more Sunday night baseball unless another network fills the gap.

ESPN, MLB to end broadcast deal after 2025

ESPN's coverage of Major League Baseball games will conclude at the end of the 2025 season, it was announced on Thursday.

www.espn.com

 

[jjgold]

It’s dead that’s why

 

[Tanko]

It’s dead that’s why

So you won't be watching any baseball this year?
Wow. I'm surprised.

 

[BigJay]

So you won't be watching any baseball this year?
Wow. I'm surprised.

JJ only likes sports with bare-chested hairless younger Asian males

 

[sharpsquare]

No more Sunday night baseball unless another network fills the gap.

ESPN, MLB to end broadcast deal after 2025

ESPN's coverage of Major League Baseball games will conclude at the end of the 2025 season, it was announced on Thursday.

www.espn.com

probably see a streaming service step up to grab this before any of the networks can

they seem to have all the momentum of late

 

[jjgold]

Baseball viewership like all sports is way down

The young generation does not watch sports

 

[Tanko]

probably see a streaming service step up to grab this before any of the networks can

they seem to have all the momentum of late

I'm wondering if CBS (Paramount) try to fill the void. They've sure been pushing that streaming package hard lately.

 

[Tanko]

Baseball viewership like all sports is way down

The young generation does not watch sports

There are too many other options for them JJ.
Social Media and kids having short-term-attention-spans killed the sports fan.

 

[jjgold]

Tanker yes

 

[BMR Genie]

The end of an era.

Has anyone heard of the DAZN app? It shows almost all US sports.

 

[sharpsquare]

I'm wondering if CBS (Paramount) try to fill the void. They've sure been pushing that streaming package hard lately.

wouldn't be shocked at all. in fact it makes sense

 

[Tanko]

It’s dead that’s why

Also, I found this.....

MLB drew its largest live attendance figures in seven years last season, drawing more than 71.3 million fans into ballparks during 2024. It also saw jumps in television viewership, including on ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball,” which is typically the premier game of the week and has been a staple of the baseball weekly viewing schedule for years.

 

[MinnesotaFats]

Baseball viewership like all sports is way down

The young generation does not watch sports

This

To sell advertising you need 1 of 2 demographics.

1- white 35+
OR
2- loyal niche, usually based on race (look at the ads during a NBA game)

MLB has killed itself with a horrible Commissioner, terrible rules regarding salary cap, a horseshit union and league full of Latin guys that nobody can root for.