Comment 57649

By drb (registered) - website | Posted January 23, 2011 at 23:09:44

@freeenterpriser, "...how can we afford to build a $217.0 million stadium anywhere..."?

It's pretty simple. We can't. And neither can the Cats. The reality of the CFL is that the majority of their revenue comes from selling TV rights. Network TV is in decline. Ad revenue is down, never to go back up, and no one outside of Canada watches the CFL, so there is a cap on that shrinking revenue. The only way that the CFL can get new facilities is to use emotional coersion to wring tax dollars out of communities held hostage by team owners.

The time has come for the league, it's franchise owners, and fans to expect less, not more. It's time for this business to live within it's means.

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