Joe Robbins/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, citing the league's refusal to approve a television deal that the team says would have solved its “cash flow challenge.”



“[Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig]'s turned his back on the Dodgers, treated us differently, and forced us to the point we find ourselves in today,” Dodgers owner Frank McCourt said. “I simply cannot allow the Commissioner to knowingly and intentionally be in a position to expose the Dodgers to financial risk any longer. It is my hope that the Chapter 11 process will create a fair and constructive environment to get done what we couldn't achieve with the Commissioner directly."



The team has been working on a television deal with FOX that would “immediately infuse hundreds of millions of dollars of capital into the Los Angeles Dodgers,” the Dodgers said in explaining the bankruptcy filing.



“The Commissioner's office last week rejected the deal, despite having been made aware by the Dodgers since the spring of 2010 of the franchises' cash projections and in turn liquidity needs for 2011.”



The organization has received a $150 million commitment in Debtor-in-Possession financing.



Day-to-day baseball and business operations should continue as usual, the team said.



ESPN's Jayson Stark said the Chapter 11 filing prevents the franchise from being seized by Major League Baseball.



"Everything now gets thrown into the hands of a bankruptcy court. And the bankruptcy judge now determines where the franchise goes from here, not Bud Selig," Stark said.



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