While racial tensions are simmering over the battle to win ownership of the Nationals, another longstanding baseball feud is nearing a head, with potentially frustrating results for District television viewers.
Comcast, which provides cable service to most D.C. cable subscribers, has refused to air Nationals broadcasts produced by MASN, Orioles owner Peter Angelos’ sports network, which owns the rights to Nats games. Three weeks ago, Virginia Representative Tom Davis (R) held hearings on the matter in his House Government Reform Committee, and he is now considering legislation which would force the Cable giant to air those games, according to NBC 4. Said Davis:
This is terrible. It is my understanding that one of the parties refused to meet, and we’ve made that known. And we also have a telecommunication bill moving through Congress. We may put a rider on there. This is just, in my opinion, an abuse of monopoly power.
But the matter doesn’t end there.
