Sportsnet is a bush league organization, but the real bad guy in this is the NHL. This does nothing but hurt Canadian hockey fans by giving a single company such a large monopoly over a product. There's more than money to think about in a deal like this, there's also a brand to protect. And Sportsnet has been terrible at trying to promote the NHL, they can't even get the friggen audio in sync for live games
I'd actually be for some kind of government legislation to be implemented for scenarios like this. It's anti-competitive, it will likely drive up the price to get all the channels you need to watch your home team, and you're essentially letting a single family dictate how Canadians can watch our national sport. This was a terrible day for hockey fans in this country
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