With the MapleLeafs and Raptors looking at potentially pricey overhauls, how will MLSE majority owners Bell and Rogers feel about footing the bill? scott_stinson explores:
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.If you had told an average Torontonian 15 years ago that an era of playoff appearances, and the odd deep run, would be ushered in by Rogers and Bell, they would have assumed you’d been touched by the madness. Or that you were trying to get them to lock into a long-term cellphone contract at outrageously high rates.
It wasn’t exactly a forced arrangement, but more like mutually assured non-destruction. As long as each company had access to half of their shared media properties, the other one couldn’t become the exclusive home of Leafs and Raptors games. The huge contract for former Leafs coach Mike Babcock, the huge payoff for former Leafs coach Mike Babcock, the new deal for Raptors president Masai Ujiri, the drawn-out process to bring the Argonauts under the MLSE roof: Whispers and rumblings in each case that the telcos were not in harmony.Article content
The Raptors roster, after an underwhelming season, could have a payroll that crosses the NBA’s pricey luxury-tax threshold if Ujiri looks to bring back the team’s pending free agents.
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