Attorneys for MLB, the NBA and the NHL expressed strong concerns with Diamond Sports Group\'s ability to emerge from bankruptcy during a status conference on Wednesday.
The doubt stems largely from Diamond\'s inability to secure a new contract with its third-largest distributor, Comcast, which prompted the carrier to pull Bally Sports channels off the air at the start of May.
\"I think it\'s important, from the perspective of Major League Baseball, to understand exactly how devastating it is to lose carriage on Comcast,\" MLB lawyer James Bromley said in bankruptcy court.
Diamond has secured multiyear agreements with three of its four other major distributors in Charter, DirecTV and Cox.