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12-22-2025, 09:33 PM
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Main Street Sports Group, the owner of the FanDuel-branded regional sports networks, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network) is reportedly (https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=ef9c456e5bf53dd9&sxsrf=AE3TifPdh7JUWisaqkVU8zELGzIm4LSNYw:1766453525858&q=FanDuel+Sports+Networks&tbm=nws&source=lnms&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZrjP_Cx0LI1Ytb_FGcOviEiTm5uW1q0uNfK7KsnoL8hWZUZ3ZEPhe0cPqXxrOlmBaXNrzSbxDmRd08BPr8JCE3pVXYUHMVNzdlQeeldqIj87HIh_qeWv2dsxbnJ6fPc2VELOiSSXbq2vRa_L6GfTrXQznUpA3DmHKLfLVZ-NW_OcQP4WcPD_F2IquG9nkLmmIOrc7Ug&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjP766XyNKRAxUvITQIHX9uCYQQ0pQJegQIGBAB&biw=1920&bih=1031&dpr=1) on its death bed.
According to a report by Tom Friend in Sports Business Journal, the FanDuel Sports Networks are at serious risk of dissolving unless a previously reported sale to sports streaming platform DAZN closes by January. The news comes as Main Street missed a December rights payment to the St. Louis Cardinals. The company’s 29 combined franchises between the NBA, NHL, and MLB are similarly at-risk of missing rights payments in the coming months.
Per Friend, if the DAZN purchase does not close, Main Street will “wind down and dissolve” the FanDuel Sports Networks at the end of this year’s NBA and NHL regular seasons, though the NBA is seemingly preparing for a scenario in which the company could fold in the middle of this season. Should that occur, the league will step in and utilize its League Pass platform for the 13 teams currently airing on FanDuel Sports Networks. In this scenario, teams would need to scramble to ink linear distribution deals with local over-the-air affiliates in order to remain on traditional television platforms.
One NBA team executive called that scenario “our worst fear,” per SBJ.
FanDuel Sports Networks will reportedly shutter soon unless DAZN sale closes (https://awfulannouncing.com/local-networks/fanduel-sports-networks-shutter-dazn-sale.html)
ESPN positioned as big winner if FanDuel Sports Network folds (https://awfulannouncing.com/local-networks/espn-big-winner-fanduel-sports-network-folds.html)
FanDuel Sports Network RSNs could shut down without DAZN deal (https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2025/12/fanduel-sports-network-shutdown-possible/)
Main Street Sports Group, the owner of the FanDuel-branded regional sports networks, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FanDuel_Sports_Network) is reportedly (https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=ef9c456e5bf53dd9&sxsrf=AE3TifPdh7JUWisaqkVU8zELGzIm4LSNYw:1766453525858&q=FanDuel+Sports+Networks&tbm=nws&source=lnms&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZrjP_Cx0LI1Ytb_FGcOviEiTm5uW1q0uNfK7KsnoL8hWZUZ3ZEPhe0cPqXxrOlmBaXNrzSbxDmRd08BPr8JCE3pVXYUHMVNzdlQeeldqIj87HIh_qeWv2dsxbnJ6fPc2VELOiSSXbq2vRa_L6GfTrXQznUpA3DmHKLfLVZ-NW_OcQP4WcPD_F2IquG9nkLmmIOrc7Ug&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjP766XyNKRAxUvITQIHX9uCYQQ0pQJegQIGBAB&biw=1920&bih=1031&dpr=1) on its death bed.
According to a report by Tom Friend in Sports Business Journal, the FanDuel Sports Networks are at serious risk of dissolving unless a previously reported sale to sports streaming platform DAZN closes by January. The news comes as Main Street missed a December rights payment to the St. Louis Cardinals. The company’s 29 combined franchises between the NBA, NHL, and MLB are similarly at-risk of missing rights payments in the coming months.
Per Friend, if the DAZN purchase does not close, Main Street will “wind down and dissolve” the FanDuel Sports Networks at the end of this year’s NBA and NHL regular seasons, though the NBA is seemingly preparing for a scenario in which the company could fold in the middle of this season. Should that occur, the league will step in and utilize its League Pass platform for the 13 teams currently airing on FanDuel Sports Networks. In this scenario, teams would need to scramble to ink linear distribution deals with local over-the-air affiliates in order to remain on traditional television platforms.
One NBA team executive called that scenario “our worst fear,” per SBJ.
FanDuel Sports Networks will reportedly shutter soon unless DAZN sale closes (https://awfulannouncing.com/local-networks/fanduel-sports-networks-shutter-dazn-sale.html)
ESPN positioned as big winner if FanDuel Sports Network folds (https://awfulannouncing.com/local-networks/espn-big-winner-fanduel-sports-network-folds.html)
FanDuel Sports Network RSNs could shut down without DAZN deal (https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2025/12/fanduel-sports-network-shutdown-possible/)