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Originally Posted by Corral
Yeah OK what I meant to say was the Flames own the Stampeders so surely someone in head office would realize its not a great idea to host an evening football game in October which overlaps with night #1 of HNIC. I would have thought even TSN would know better than to put its CFL broadcast against the opening HNIC.
The Jays game is just poor timing ... can't schedule around that one. But the hockey conflict is avoidable.
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It's actually more complex than you think.
The whole season's game schedule is predetermined way before the season has begun, so that would mean last night's game start time was already planned back as late as may, or even earlier
You may not have noticed the Riders vs Argos game which preceded the Stamps vs Als game, and there's no way TSN would over lap the two broadcasts
you also have to consider the broadcast for the Al's fan base as they are in the EST. a game time of 7pm - 10pm is what they would be viewing in Montreal.
then there's the NHL's side of things where the Canucks have their own scheduling to deal with, with considerations of an earlier game on HNIC
it's not as easy as Ken King telling people to schedule the Stamps game for an earlier time or a different day