Then, specifically when it comes to baseball, Orioles fans in DC and Virginia who wish to remain Orioles fans won't be cut off from their team and potential Nationals fans in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Orioles fans who want to follow the Nats as their #2 team can do so, and Nats fans who want to follow the Orioles as their #2 team can do so. To me, this makes a lot more sense than potential segregating the market to where fans in region can only follow one team, maybe not even the team of their choice.

Obviously, the whole thing was handled poorly by both Angelos (the owner of the Orioles) and Comcast, but the outcome is positive for everyone, in my view. Even finanically, the Orioles get their long awaited regional RSN to try to compete with the Yankees and the Red Sox (Well, 2/3 of one anyhow), and the Nationals get guaranteed television rights fees that are in baseball's top ten highest, plus 1/3 of MASN.

Also, even for those who didn't favor the deal, what's important now is not what happened back then, which can't be changed at this point, but accessibility of networks for sports fans growing forward. If Comcast drops CSN Mid-Atlantic for CSN Philadelphia, or for nothing, the region will lose some sports fans -- Caps fans specifically, but also Wizards fans and Terps fans and fans of the NFL teams and so forth, and the fans who remain loyal will not be able to watch as many of their teams games.

I don't work for Comcast or MASN, obviously, or I wouldn't be doing this. I'm just a fan who's recently found myself in Pennsylvania, probably for the long haul, and I'm worried about a campaign by Philadelphia people potentially limiting my Baltimore/Washington sports options, and the long term health of my favorite teams. Honestly, I'm more a Baltimore fan than anything else, but I understand the region is a package and I think having both RSNs here is important to all the teams in both cities.