Lookouts Future

Now that Major League Baseball is returning, what will happen to the Chattanooga Lookouts this year?

We get the latest.

Is back!

However, that doesn't mean chattanooga will see baseball this summer.

News 12's angela moryan breaks down the lookouts' expectations for the season, and how they're trying to keep the lights on.

The chattanooga lookouts are one of 15 minor league baseball teams filing a mass lawsuit against insurance companies amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The lawsuit accuses insurance providers of failing to fulfill business- interruption insurance claims. jason freier: "it's extremely frustrating, right?

Because even if and when we prevail in the longer run, the time that the teams really need the money, our teams and all the other teams involved in the suit is now."

Freier says the lookouts anticipate losing 95 percent of their revenue this year.

According to the lawsuit, minor league teams pay an average of two million dollars each year on operating expenses -- which is why teams like the lookouts pay for business- interruption insurance.

However, insurance providers claim the pandemic is not covered since the team hasn't suffered direct physical loss or damage to property.

Freier: "this is a question of us coming out of pocket, for instance, to make up for losses that should have been covered by insurance that we have purchased.

But we are not going to let it become a question of the lookouts long term viability."

As far as this season is concerned, there's no guarantee baseball will be played in the scenic city this season.

Freier: "we would love to think we would have some minor league season still but at this point, every day that goes by, it becomes less and less likely.

We are all committed to keeping chattanooga lookouts baseball in chattanooga moving forward period.

We will have games again.

We wish it's sooner rather than later, but one way or the other the lookouts will be back."

Reporting in chattanooga, angela moryan, news 12 now.

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