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

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@Gangster_Octopus

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.