# Why didn't Time Warmer just buy the Dodgers instead of paying 7B to air games?

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**Created:** [January 28, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-time-warmer-just-buy-the-dodgers-instead-of-paying-7b-to-air-games/648620 "2013-01-28T16:53:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-time-warmer-just-buy-the-dodgers-instead-of-paying-7b-to-air-games/648620/21 "2013-01-29T20:21:49Z")

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> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#):
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> I don’t know if you saw my earlier post, but $7 billion over 25 years is not much different then $2.15 billion right now. There was no huge savings to be made.

That makes more sense, but it implies the team is worth nothing outside of the TV rights.

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