Not to belabour the point but the Sportsnet bias was documented (especially by me) at the time. I did say that there was improvement in the few months before and after the Argo purchase. But previously, it was unnecessary and needless corporate bashing. The CFL has often struggled to survive, what motive would a company have to kick it while it's down, that's the part that gets me. Until this recent flare-up it hasn't been much of an issue but let's not have any revisionist thinking about the person the commissioner called "a certain member of the media"
I was hesitant about posting about this again because finding anything from years ago using forum search functions is damn near impossible but I figured I'd give it a shot. Here one to start with and maybe more to come when I find them:
Join the club: Sports giant MLSE announces deal to buy Argonauts
Frank Zicarelli Toronto Sun December 13, 2017
The end-game, at the time anyway, was the NFL and the potential of bringing four-down football to coexist with the three-down version.
When Rogers balked, the Argos were sold to Bell and Larry Tanenbaum as the team quickly moved into BMO for the 2016 season, the same year the venue played host to the Grey Cup.
Rogers has no ties to the CFL, unlike Bell, which controls the entire TV pie through TSN.
It has always seemed to this observer that the unofficial policy at Rogers, and all of is media outlets and personalities, is to disparage the CFL at all costs, disregard all things Argos related unless it hurts the team’s brand.
That all changes now with Rogers now on board, a powerful media company that is sure to elevate the Argos’ profile, perhaps even convince soccer fans, which may not be so easy, that the Argos and TFC can exist side by side.
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