Bob Canuck

Paul G.,

“The ugly truth, the one no one really wants to talk about, is that the recent fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic will likely have a long-term impact on Toronto’s ability to sell athletes on this […]

The second last sentence should read ” The meeting, after which Bennett formed the conclusion “I do know they certainly weren’t anti-racist,” likely occurred during Mohamed’s tenure.”

Gary M,

I take issue with almost everything that you wrote.

“But they are four times blacker.”

What an awful phrase. Would it not be better to write, “the percentage of the population comprised of black people […]

I would make the following remarks in response to your comment:

First, I don’t think the Head of Rogers Media gets into the weeds as you suggest. Yes, the Blue Jays would present a budget that would include […]

“Things haven’t been rosy with the Jays, as Rogers has chosen to lump the team in with their media division rather than running them as a free-standing business. This means that things like NHL ratings on […]

A headline from The Onion, “ESPN Execs: Fuck It, Air the Dogfighting”.

“Jeff blowing a casket about Mitch Marner”.

Is casket an homage to Howard Berger or just a typo? 🙂

Sorry, it should read Bobby Philly.

Billy Philly,

What evidence do you have that McCown hates Shannon?

To counter your contention, Shannon appeared on McCown’s final show. I have difficulty believing that McCown would have someone on his final […]

Mike V. and I have hashed out the Rogers-NHL deal a few times on this website. We certainly agree that the Rogers-NHL contract has been profitable to date; the publicly-available CRTC financial statements clearly […]

Paul G.,

With respect to your suggestion of an Edit Feature, I agreed. 🙂

Ryan Marks,

My comments above were in response to Gary M’s remarks regarding Sportsnet and the Rogers-NHL deal. In fact, I questioned the timing of McCown’s dismissal in a comment on a previous post (Sportsnet […]

Gary M,

Thank you for the kind words.

With respect to the increase in the remuneration per employee, I can only guess. I doubt that there was an upward market pressure on TV salaries during that period that […]

Sorry for the typos noted below.

It should read “… according to the latest CRTC filing (September 1, 2017 to August 31, 2018), Sportsnet had an operating …”.

Also, it should read “between 2014 and 2018, […]

Gary M,

Mike V and I have hashed this topic out on a previous post.

In Year 5 of the Rogers-NHL deal, according to the latest CRTC filing (September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2018), Sportsnet had an operating […]

Mike V,

I did not say that Rogers had to let McCown go because of the financial challenges of the Rogers-NHL deal. I don’t understand why they did not just let his contract expire at its conclusion in 18 months […]

Mike V,

Your projection of Rogers commitment is consistent with what I have written. Using your starting point of $310 million and escalating it by 5.09% per year, the average commitment in Years 6 through to and […]

Mike V,

What I have shown is the total of Rogers commitment under its NHL deal. However, based on the public comments and my analysis, Rogers commitments under the NHL deal were back-loaded. TVA’s annual c […]

Mike V,

I think the issue on the horizon for Sportsnet is that the payments to the NHL under the broadcast rights deal were back-loaded. I base this on public comments from Rogers at the time of the deal. Also, I […]

Bob,

TSN is renovating the radio studio; currently, Over Drive is also not being simulcasted. I believe the simulcasts will commence once the renovations are completed, which is expected to occur next week.