Main Street Sports Group, the now-defunct former owner of the FanDuel-branded regional sports networks, is alleging two of its largest business partners failed to pay the full amount of licensing fees for the networks towards the end of the company’s run.
In a pair of lawsuits filed in Delaware Superior Court on Monday and obtained by Awful Announcing, Main Street alleges that Comcast and Charter — two of the largest pay-TV distributors in the country servicing over 20 million combined households — underpaid licensing fees for FanDuel Sports Network throughout the first five months of 2026, before Main Street shuttered operations.
The filings, both heavily redacted to exclude exact details of the financial arrangements between the cable companies and Main Street, claim that Comcast and Charter “underpaid MSSG for the television programming that MSSG provided on its FDSN RSNs in 2026.”
Main Street further claims Comcast has not paid the requisite licensing fees for the period between January 1 and May 7, 2026, while alleging Charter’s “underpayments” occurred over a period of more than a year, from February 2025 to May 2026.
A spokesperson for Comcast declined to comment publicly on the case, citing that the lawsuit is under seal. A Charter spokesperson declined comment. A spokesperson for Main Street declined comment.
The collapse of Main Street Sports Group first became a reality in December 2025, when reports surfaced that the company was searching for a buyer in order to save its business, which had been ravaged over the years by cord-cutting and a series of transactions, corporate restructurings, and bankruptcy proceedings.
The company wound down operations earlier this year after no buyer emerged, officially going dark in early May after the first round of the NHL playoffs concluded. When Main Street’s collapse became apparent in January and February, the nine MLB teams under contract with the company split from their deals and sought new local broadcast arrangements just over a month before the season began. NBA and NHL teams dealt with the impending collapse mid-season, with Main Street continuing operations until it had fulfilled its required obligations for the season. Those teams, 13 for the NBA and six for the NHL, are in the process of announcing new arrangements for the upcoming season.
Towards the end of Main Street’s run, teams reportedly began to miss rights payments from the company. In its lawsuits, Main Street points to Comcast’s and Charter’s alleged underpayments as causing direct harm to these franchises, as the company was unable to make payments to teams.
A source familiar with Comcast’s thinking tells Awful Announcing that the company disagrees with Main Street’s claims and plans to defend itself in court.
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Drew Lerner is a staff writer for Awful Announcing and an aspiring cable subscriber. He previously covered sports media for Sports Media Watch. Future beat writer for the Oasis reunion tour.