Real Salt Lake fans can still hear the familiar voice of color analyst Brian Dunseth on TV this season. He just might not be breaking down set pieces or calling out snap-down headers during every RSL game.
Major League Soccer has added Dunseth to its roster of on-air talent as the league consolidates all of its team’s broadcasts onto a single platform: Apple TV. For RSL fans, that means the end of the familiar pairing of Dunseth and play-by-play man David James, along with the end of everyone watching RSL games for free.
But for sports-watchers in general — not just soccer fans, but Jazz fans, Utes fans, you name it — it might portend some bigger news. In fact, the Apple deal might give some hints about the future of watching sports on TV.
Let’s dig in.
The new MLS deal
Here’s the background: In 2019, MLS told its clubs not to sign local TV deals past the 2022 season, so that…
