NPB’s anger not subsiding…Fuji TV may be banned from broadcasting professional baseball tryouts and MVP award ceremony.

It’s been about a one-year span as an example.

There is no doubt that the NPB has been under a lot of stress regarding TV broadcasting of professional baseball games due to the decrease in terrestrial game broadcasts, Otani fever, and other factors. The Fuji TV issue this time is one penalty, but if we give only one penalty for it, the same thing will happen again.

I have heard that there are some people who say, “We should give a penalty for one penalty for a span of about one year as an example to firmly control the media in the future. Nevertheless, shutting out major media outlets would be a major negative for the NPB. I’m sure they’ll reach a deal somewhere, but it’s very likely that they’ll drag it out until after the new year.”

Next season, the Dodgers and Cubs will come to Japan and play their season opener at the Tokyo Dome. The Dodgers will play at Tokyo Dome on March 18 and 19, 10 days earlier than the Central and Pacific League openers, but the season opener on the mainland after returning to the U.S. (Japan time) will be on March 28, exactly the same day in Japan and the United States. It is obvious that not only Fuji Television but also other TV stations will be all about Otani, and will have less time to deal with the Central and Pacific League openers.

Will the NPB-Fuji TV fiasco really be over by then?