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Originally Posted by AltaGuy
As I mentioned earlier in the thread, any viable team second team near Toronto will have to get MLSE on board - and that means promising them more dough. While MLSE cannot expressly own the team, they can manage the arena and concessions, collect parking, and who knows what else.
You are right that paying both an expansion fee and a territorial fee would be crippling. Therefore a creative solution that promises MLSE more money in the longrun is the only way forward.
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The trouble is, the expansion fee and the territorial fee will have to be paid anyway. If you're giving MLSE parking and concession revenue (and why would you? The team would not be playing at ACC), you're putting a third huge burden on the expansion team. Not even the Toronto Toros had to cope with that much, and the Leafs ran them out of town after just three years.