An ugly dispute between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Major League Baseball appears to have prompted a management change among the Bally's Sports networks that operate in 19 U.S. markets.
According to a paywalled article at , Diamond Sports, the sports vertical of Sinclair, held a board meeting Sunday in which members voted to block the Sinclair parent company from having any further input into day-to-day operations of the regional sports networks.
Diamond also has named David Preschlack, a former president of the NBC Sports Regional Networks (RSN) division, to oversee Bally's sports networks going forward. The two moves taken in tandem are viewed by many industry watchers as a possible solution to the fight between the company and MLB over how much it must pay for streaming rights.
Diamond may have overplayed its hand when it launched Bally Sports+ in June while having the streaming rights to just five MLB teams. Diamond Sports and MLB have been negotiating the deal for more than a year, according to', and the sides haven't made much progress.