Baseball owners extend Rob Manfred's contract, TV deal with Fox
After wrapping up two days of meetings at a hotel next to the Atlanta Braves' SunTrust Park, (MLB) owners announced a new contract for Commissioner Rob Manfred, keeping him on the job at least through the 2024 regular season. The 60-year-old started a five-year term in January 2015.
The owners also signed off on a new television deal with Fox, which still has three seasons to go on its current eight-year contract that pays baseball an average of $525 million per season.
The seven-year extension, which runs through 2028, will be worth just over $5 billion to MLB — roughly a 36 percent increase to an average of about $715 million per season.
STORY: https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/ct-spt-fox-tv-mlb-rob-manfred-deals-20181115-story,amp.html
Oh, goody -- more Joe Buck!!!
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