Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
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Nov 4, 2026
Matt RobinsonHOST
We should say, Kev, a proud employee of Rogers Sportsnet.
Matt RobinsonHOST
But now that MLSE is singularly under the Rogers banner, I mean, sure, it's still presented on Bell TV, but I wondered if that may have freed up Rogers to do a little bit more advertising or did you not necessarily find the promotion for the game to be that much different than previous years?
Kevin MichieGUEST
No, I would say that I think you're kind of, you're not off base.
Kevin MichieGUEST
I think that they did a good job of promoting.
Rob ChristyHOST
It's been
Matt RobinsonHOST
interesting, though, on that regard, because now Rodgers, having sole ownership of MLSE, owns the Argos.
Matt RobinsonHOST
And I've been talking to a couple of people down in Toronto who said the lead up to it, like you had seen on City TV, on the Fan 590, on Rodgers platforms, far more significant.
Matt RobinsonHOST
ads for the game, which will still air on TSN, but ticket sales will be singularly for Rogers now.
Geono AloisioHOST
If anything, it makes me feel proud that the CFLs were growing.
Geono AloisioHOST
And I think that MLSE is the one handing out this check.
Geono AloisioHOST
I like that they're investing money into the Argos.
Geono AloisioHOST
I think that is absolutely amazing.
Kyle BlondinHOST
No question.
Kyle BlondinHOST
I guess the question would be, if you're looking from a Clippers perspective, that The stuff that his uncle and him negotiated, apparently when it was with the Raptors, they wanted a piece of ownership percentage with MLSE, which they declined.
Kyle BlondinHOST
But we can see how it played out with the Clippers.
Kyle BlondinHOST
It looked like there were some side deals going on with, hey, you're going to be sponsored or you're going to have an endorsement deal, but not really, wink, wink.
Rob LongleyGUEST
For Rogers right now is one to prove that, prove that they can stream stuff.
Rob LongleyGUEST
because what they're trying to do eventually is sell off 30% of the assets of MLSE and all the Rogers Sports empire.
Rob LongleyGUEST
And that's gonna be billions of dollars.
Rob LongleyGUEST
So, as they as they endeavour to attract the buyers, investors to that side of it, you know, if they can prove that they can stream stuff, which is the way of the way of the future, most people believe, then that's going to help them then sell it.
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Chris ClarkeHOST
The Devils had Doc
Ryan DruryHOST
Emrick before he went national on NBC.
Rob LongleyGUEST
Zooming out on this, it's going to be interesting to see what happens now at Rogers because of their restructuring now that the MLSE sale is complete.
Rob LongleyGUEST
um keith belly is going to now be in charge of sportsnet again he's been in charge of sportsnet before um i know keith very well i'm sure you do too clarkie and you know he's he's uh he listens to criticism um he's an innovative guy um he's very concerned about perception you know for for whomever he's been he's worked for in the past but and I got to believe that he's going to try to put his stamp on, um, on how hockey and basketball, but for the purpose of this discussion on how, how hockey is presented to Canadians.
Austin KarpHOST
That's what sources told SBJ's Tom Friend, and he is a potential frontrunner with a bid of roughly $1 billion.
Austin KarpHOST
Tannenbaum sold his 25% stake in MLSE this month, so he's clear of the Raptors completely there.
Austin KarpHOST
But London is going to be a very competitive market, likely going to produce the league's most lucrative price for one of these new franchises.
Austin KarpHOST
Outside of Tannenbaum and his offer, the NBA already has multiple groups it's going to be vetting.
Adam WyldeHOST
Well, I do want to ask you about that, actually.
Adam WyldeHOST
This is not something that's planned, but I want to talk to you about it because there's a big backlash in this country, you might have heard, Alan, to Rogers, who own everything, including all of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment.
Adam WyldeHOST
They own one of the major sports channels, Sportsnet.
Adam WyldeHOST
They own the naming rights in Vancouver and Edmonton and a few other places.
Peter NowakGUEST
Rogers is a company that is moving very heavily into sports.
Peter NowakGUEST
And Rogers this past summer completed the purchase of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, the stakes of that company that it did not yet own.
Peter NowakGUEST
So this company, just for anybody who's not familiar.
Peter NowakGUEST
It was basically co-owned by Rogers and Bell with a minority stakeholder named Larry Tannenbaum.
Peter NowakGUEST
That's the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Toronto Raptors, the soccer team TFC, Toronto Argonauts.
Peter NowakGUEST
They do own the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto and so on.
Peter NowakGUEST
And so Rogers, also being the owner of the Blue Jays, basically bought out its partners over the last few months and now has 100% control of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment.
Peter NowakGUEST
And Rogers, of course, also owns Sportsnet.
Sean Fitz-GeraldGUEST
You lose.
Sean Fitz-GeraldGUEST
Richard Petty, who is a former president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, used to call them touch points.
Sean Fitz-GeraldGUEST
And, you know, this was around the time.
Sean Fitz-GeraldGUEST
Gosh, I can't remember the era.
Sean Fitz-GeraldGUEST
But, you know, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment was looking many years ago, maybe a decade ago or more, to take their full suite of rights.
Sean Fitz-GeraldGUEST
In-house.
Sean Fitz-GeraldGUEST
And they were going to create something called Real Sports Network.
Ann MetzNARRATOR
In August, the Toronto Sun reported that Nunziata repeatedly told constituents that hockey is white privilege while she was advancing plans for the future of the Weston Lions Arena, which opened in November 1949.
Ann MetzNARRATOR
The city entered into an agreement with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment to remove the ice and create a second launch pad, a youth sports and community facility.
Ann MetzNARRATOR
However, after community pushback over the potential permanent loss of the rink, that plan was put on hold with the arena's future still up in the air.
Ann MetzNARRATOR
In May, political rival DiGiorgio filed an official complaint with the city alleging a Nunziata consultant had ties to a local developer and business improvement area.
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