EMERGENCY POD: MASN Dispute Suddenly Resolved

Nats Chat

Mark Zuckerman & Al Galdi

Baseball, Sports

4.9 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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The Nats and Orioles stunned the Baseball world on Monday morning by suddenly announcing that the never ending argument over MASN argument has been figured out. The Nationals now finally have autonomy over their broadcast rights and come 2026 they are a free agent on the airwaves. Al & Tim dive into what this means for the future of the franchise, the ownership situation, and what their next options might look like. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Walters is back for another season as the official bar of the Natschat podcast.
0:05.3	Walters is the best spot to go before and after home games located at the southeast corner
0:10.6	of Capitol and N Street right across the street from the ballpark.
0:18.0	And welcome to Natschat for Tuesday, March 4th, 2025. Welcome to what I do believe is the first
0:25.6	ever emergency installment of the Natch chat podcast. You know, there are installments of the
0:31.3	podcast, and then there is the rare emergency installment of the pod. We are in rarefied air in the history of this podcast.
0:39.8	I'm Al Galdi host of the Al Galdi podcast. I'm joined by the man who founded and who runs the
0:44.5	Natschat podcast. Tim Schovers. Well, Tim, you would know, is this the first ever emergency
0:49.8	installment of this podcast? Amazingly so, Al. Yes, it is. And I think it mainly speaks to the lack of
0:56.8	activity in the free agent market for the nationals more than anything. But yeah, it took us
1:01.9	until season five to get here. And here we are early March 2025. Well, we have an emergency
1:08.1	installment of this podcast for a very good reason.
1:12.1	Seismic news on Monday morning, the Massen dispute is over.
1:17.7	Yes, the never-ending Massen dispute.
1:21.0	It actually has finally ended.
1:23.8	Monday morning, shocking announcement from the Nats and Does. A joint announcement, the announcement
1:30.1	included the following quote, the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles jointly announced
1:34.7	the final resolution of all issues related to the mass and dispute. For the 2025 season,
1:41.6	Washington Nationals games will continue to be televised locally, exclusively by the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, parentheses, Massen.
1:48.9	Under a new one-year contract, after this term, the nationals will be free to explore alternatives for their television rights for the 2026 season and beyond.
1:59.3	As part of the settlement, all disputes related to past media rights between the
2:02.8	Nationals, Orioles, and Massen have been resolved, and all litigation will be dismissed,
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