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AltaGuy · 01-29-2013, 01:33 PM

I think the way a team gets into the GTA without paying some exorbitant fee to MLSE is to basically give them everything they can associated with the team, without actually having MLSE own the team outright.

MLSE can run the arena (even own it), collect parking fees, concessions - everything aside from owning the actual hockey team.

Without a lot of carrots, it's going to be hard to get MLSE to give up their very lucrative monopoly.

01-29-2013, 01:33 PM	#85
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