Is Apple TV's soccer deal a first step in changing how we watch (and pay for) sports?

Tuesday's announcement of a 10-year deal between Apple TV and Major League Soccer — worth at least $2.5 billion, per reports — felt historic on a number of levels.

Set to start next year and run through 2032, the agreement will make every MLS game available through the Apple TV app, with no blackout restrictions, for a yet-to-be-announced fee.

We've seen leagues dabble in sub-packages of games on streaming devices — Amazon streams Thursday NFL games and Apple TV has some MLB rights, for example — this MLS deal is the first to take a major sport and move it entirely onto a streaming platform. I talked about the revolutionary nature of this on Wednesday's Daily Delivery podcast.

What does it mean for the league and its fans? What questions remain unanswered? Let's dig into the good, the bad and the unknown.

GOOD

The Athletic reported that Major League Soccer's current media rights deals on ESPN, Fox and Univision paid the league about $90 million per season.

The new deal with Apple reportedly will guarantee the league at least $250 million a year, with the possibility of more if a certain subscription threshold is reached.

BAD

He got part of that right.

As I noted, it's great if you're an MLS fan. Sign up. Get all the games. Simple, and perhaps a cost-savings if that's all you are interested in.

But if you are a fan of all sports? This could be another step in a process that actually makes watching sports more cumbersome and expensive.

Let's say you were planning to buy the Bally Sports Plus streaming subscription for $19.99 a month once it becomes available (as soon as later this summer). Before this announcement, that would have given you access to almost every Minnesota United match (on BSN) in addition to Wolves, Wild, Twins, Lynx and other programming.

If more teams and leagues ultimately go to this model, consumers might wind up paying for a lot of different things in different places that they used to get in one place.

It should be noted, though, that both Minnesota United broadcast voices Callum Williams and Kyndra de St. Aubin hailed the move on Twitter.

THE UNKNOWN

Among them: How much will this subscription actually cost? Based on whatever price point is announced, how many people will sign up? And is this the wave of the future for other leagues as rights deals expire in the coming years?