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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Bettman didn't want to talk about TSN because today was not about TSN. It was about announcing a $5.2 billion dollar deal with a new corporate partner. While we all want to know what happened, Gary knows that nothing good will ever come from him commenting on that particular aspect of things.
TSN will want to get the rights back. There's no sense in alienating them. This is a defeat, but you can only imagine the sort of money that's going to be thrown around in 12 years.
There's no ego at play when one bid is eight times larger than the other.
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Multiple reports have Bell/TSN's bid as comparable to the one accepted from Sportsnet.