How long that lasts is another question: The cable-rights fees are effectively transfer payments that the clubs pay themselves from the MASN books to their own.
Perhaps the deal that is eventually reached between the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles over their MASN cable rights will provide the best indication of what the Tigers will get.
As Press Box reported in July, the dispute is over how much money MASN, the regional sports network that is 87% owned by the Orioles and 13% owned by the Nationals, should pay Washington in television rights fees.