I think DirecTV and DirecTV Stream are on the last year of their contracts, which is one of the reasons they still have Bally. Sinclair really owns the network, and they paid too much for it when they bought it from Fox. They've been trying to raise rates since they bought it, and most carriers fled.
They assigned ownership to a subsidiary (Diamond Sports Group), and they sold the naming rights to Bally Casinos. Now, everything wrong with Bally sports sticks to the casino that bought the rights instead of the company that actually runs the service. After next year, DirecTV may drop the service, and MLS rights will be with Apple.
It looks like the ACC Network is trying to buy back rights from Raycom that go to Sinclair/Bally. They got the Women's tournament. It's murky to me what will be on Bally next year and what won't be.
