No be small drama dey unfold for Main Street Sports Group o! Dem don miss December payment wey dem suppose give St. Louis Cardinals, as dem dey try make am final with DAZN for sale wey dey on ground. Na so e be, if this deal no close by January level, dem fit wind down their matter go end for this year NBA and NHL regular season.

This kain wind-down strategy go mean say the broadcast rights for 29 teams wey dey play NBA, NHL and MLB go return back to the teams. This one fit change the local TV game wey we sabi, plus e go push dem to shift national streaming RSNs quick quick for both NBA and MLB.

But hold your horses, as sources talk say Main Street still dey gree with all 29 teams, including the Cardinals wey never tear their agreement with Main Street. Dem dey try finalize wetin dem dey call serious investment wey go make DAZN majority owner of wetin we sabi as FanDuel Sports Network.

Spokesperson for Main Street yarn say, “We dey discuss with some team partners on how dem go fit manage their payment timing while we dey continue to find better partners to improve our capital.” Na wetin dem talk o!

As for the Cardinals, dem still dey waka with FanDuel Sports Network plus MLB and other stakeholders to see how dem go manage local media distribution. Dem dey vow say dem go make sure say Cardinals matches dey reach fans through cable and streaming from 2026.

Now, if this DAZN deal no shake out, sources don talk say Main Street go end their biz together with NBA and NHL without too much wahala for local game broadcasts. Na so e be, dem go still try make their final payment as dem dey wan waka from the scene. Dem no go file bankruptcy again after one year wey dem don come out from Chapter 11. Na hin dem dey vex!

Main Street dey manage plenty teams o! For MLB, aside from Cardinals, dem get Braves, Brewers, Reds, Royals, Tigers, Angels, Marlins and Rays. For NHL, dem get Hurricanes, Red Wings, Kings, Wild, Predators, Blues and Blue Jackets. But the team wey plenty pass na NBA with 13 teams, almost half of the league! Na why dem don gather for conference call together with lawyers from Proskauer.

According to wetin don show for the call, NBA don alert their teams say Cardinals no collect their payment for this month, and make all the other 13 teams keep ears open say their own payments fit waka no come in January and beyond, na around $180M wey dem dey expect this season! Dem no even confirm how much Cardinals miss reach.

“No big change for now, but make una dey sharpen una contingency plans, as we dey prepare for wetin fit happen next few weeks and months. Make una let league sabi if una hear anything,” na wetin one source talk.

NHL spokesperson yarn say dem dey communicate with clubs regular and dem ready for any wahala wey fit happen. Their priority na to make sure say fans enjoy their matches without shakara.

The first serious matter na the potential sale to DAZN wey dey limbo, as Main Street no fit meet up all the conditions wey DAZN talk. But insiders dey yan say that sale go fit help teams get better payment than local rights fees.

And if this DAZN sale jam wall and Main Street no fit make payments during their wind-down period, their business go enter default. This go mean say those 13 NBA teams go dey on their own during the season — “our worst fear,” one NBA executive talk.

As dem preparatory conference, NBA don promise say dem go use their NextGen platform to create and distribute local streams for the 13 teams, this one go happen fast on League Pass and NBA app. But make no mistake, teams must gree quick deal with local TV stations if dem wan show their matches.

For NBA teams to get everything right, dem fit join together to sell national streaming RSN package wey go fit gather the 18 teams wey fit catch streaming rights together. E fit land billions for dem if dem do am properly.

For MLB, na different case because their season go start for March after Main Street don settle their own matter. Na hin Cardinals and the rest go dey hold meeting to decide how dem want carry their games go, wether na MLB go handle am or dem go start their own networks.