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Originally Posted by shermanator
Interview with the league commissioner on Sportsnet from yesterday. In it, he confirms the season will be 28 games long, starting in late April and ending in October. Also discusses roster rules, broadcasting, the league's relationship with MLS and their Canadian clubs, expansion plans, promotion/relegation, and the Ottawa Fury. Good read.
Also, it sounds like the league will have a big announcement coming up Tuesday morning. Speculation is that it will be a broadcast deal.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/cpl-...nadian-soccer/ |
Any broadcasting deal thst can get on TSN or Sportsnet or even just their streaming services to start is immensly better than DAZN or an in-house stream. To be able to build advertising revenue and reputation with the networks through that makes the next steps for the league easier down the road.
Doesn’t guarantee revenue, and the CSL was on TSN for 5 or 6 years in the late 80s and early 90s post World Cup appearance, in a much different (favourable - TSN was the only cable game in town) TV and media landscape, and it didn’t save the league.