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Originally Posted by Jay Random
That would be a great way to ensure that the Leafs never win any new fans. Remember when boxing was a major sport? The promoters stopped putting title bouts on network TV and made them all pay-per-view instead — and a whole generation of sports fans grew up without any exposure to boxing.
Basically, you're saying that for the sake of some short-term bucks, Bell and Rogers would sideline the team that they own to broadcast the team they do not own.
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Bad analogy with boxing. The Leafs are still going to show up on HNIC every week. The games they'd move would be the cable broadcasts that would move from one cable channel to another.
There is precedent for this with the Yankees starting their own cable channel and broadcasting their games on it.
It wouldn't be for short term bucks either. It would be to increase subscription rates for LeafsTV long term. And that's where the money is in sports these days. Sportsnet isn't going to be affected by it. Everyone will continue to subscribe to it.