FanDuel is watching what happens with Main Street Sports Group and the teams unsure of their television homes in their local markets. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Like many, FanDuel is watching what happens with Main Street Sports Group and the 29 teams in the NBA, NHL and MLB unsure of their television homes in their local markets.
Like many, FanDuel won’t have much influence on the end result, whether DAZN (or perhaps a mystery bidder or financier) decides presumably by the end of this week whether to buy and rescue Main Street from shuttering.
Unlike anyone else, FanDuel has its name attached to those regional networks.
“We think the naming rights deal has been great for us,” FanDuel President **Christian Genetski** said on the SBJ Media Podcast this week. “But this obviously has nothing to do with our role as a naming rights partner. It’s a challenged space and there’s a lot of evolution. We’re very close to the leagues, the NBA, NHL, MLB that rely on regional sports network and it’s really between Main Street, the leagues and the teams to try to figure out what the right answer is.
“And it’s obviously part of a much bigger evolution in cord cutting and where are we going to get to eventually with streaming versus linear content rights. We want to make sure that it’s still delivering a great experience for fans who are watching the network that bears our name. Other than that, we’re closely monitoring but we’re not a big driver on what the outcome will be.”