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Old 08-21-2021, 12:34 PM   #757
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Originally Posted by Matty81 View Post
Something I don't understand at all is why sportsnet and tsn barely cover this league. I mean I don't expect headline coverage but at least show it at the end of the highlights show. I honestly don't know if TSN has ever even shown a score and posted the wire story on their website.

No team in my city but I still enjoy following it, it's a true grassroots Canadian professional league with stadiums growing up in random places like Victoria, Halifax and even Saskatoon, the lack of big sports network coverage has been kind of sad and curious, sometimes you wonder if they don't want it to succeed and why that would be.
There's just not enough interest in the league yet for the big networks to care. TSN doesn't pay a penny for MLS rights.

Oddly enough OneSoccer has media deals for CPL in the US, Central America, India, the Phillipines, and Africa. I think it's more a matter of networks in those countries being willing to pay for the rights, but Bell and Rogers not willing to do the same.
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