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Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:22 pm
by MavCarter
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This is awful awful awful news

Re: Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:24 pm
by WuTang_OG
This is bad if true. Fk rogers

Re: Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:29 pm
by MessiahUjiri
Oh man, the only reason I had bell cable was sports (and some politics).

Does this mean Bell channels will lose Raps? Or I hope there will be some licensing deal, otherwise this truly sucks.

Re: Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:30 pm
by MiamiSPX
It is true, they flashed it as breaking news on Bloomberg here in the U.S.

Re: Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:32 pm
by WuTang_OG
Larry out once option triggers

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Re: Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:33 pm
by MavCarter
Once larry is gone all the major sports teams in toronto are going to be owned by rogers and that weasel ed rogers. Absolutely sickening

Re: Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:34 pm
by MavCarter
When is masais contract up? 0 chance he isnt on his final contract in toronto

Re: Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:34 pm
by tecumseh18
So glad I didn't renew my seasons tickets this season, after 15 years.

OTOH, I despise Rogers as much as anyone, but they have spent money on this useless Jay team. OTOH, they're not much into intentional tanking.

Does this mean all Raptors game will be on Sportsnet, starting in the 2025-25 season?

I guess Larry is out as a decision-maker sooner than expected. How long will Masai last? Will Ross Atkins replace him?

Re: Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:36 pm
by OakleyDokely
Ed Rogers having full control over Toronto sports. What could go wrong.

Re: Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:38 pm
by Quattro
Well, all the Masai must go people around here must be happy. Only a matter of time now. Hope you like your new "Ross Atkins" replacement for him in a couple of years.

Re: Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:39 pm
by Lord_Zedd
Yeah Toronto Sports is completely **** now.

Harold Ballard 2.0 across the board

Re: Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:40 pm
by dTox
This is awful news. FFS

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Re: Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:41 pm
by Quattro
tecumseh18 wrote:So glad I didn't renew my seasons tickets this season, after 15 years.

OTOH, I despise Rogers as much as anyone, but they have spent money on this useless Jay team. OTOH, they're not much into intentional tanking.

Does this mean all Raptors game will be on Sportsnet, starting in the 2025-25 season?

I guess Larry is out as a decision-maker sooner than expected. How long will Masai last? Will Ross Atkins replace him?


They are also fully responsible for that useless jays team by running a top baseball exec out of town, treating a jays legend like Beeston like garbage and replacing them with the two idiots in charge today.

Re: Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:44 pm
by OakleyDokely
Bell (and Rogers) paid about 500 mill for a 37.5% stake in 2011. That turned that into nearly 5 billion 13 years later.

This deal values MLSE at 12.5 billion.

Re: Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:45 pm
by C Court
Didn’t see that one coming.

Re: Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:46 pm
by JD143726
Masai is gone. 100%.

Also no more TSN Raps…

Re: Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:46 pm
by Smalltown
Gut reaction is this is not good for the Raptors.

Re: Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:49 pm
by redeye514
This is horrible news.

F#k Rogers, and that doofus silver spoon fed whale at the top.

With Larry likely out soon.. Rogers will get rid of Masai, like he always wanted to do, in a couple of years.. and then all the FireMasai crowd in here will finally have their wish!

Bring on the Ed Rogers / Mark Shapiro / Russ Atkins brand Raptors basketball! Hoo-ray, Hoo-rah!!!!

Re: Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:50 pm
by OakleyDokely
A lot of things have changed since MLSE was purchased by Bell/Rogers. The Raptors are now the most valuable property in MLSE by a pretty fair margin, so only an idiot would neglect them...but I'd never put anything past trust fund Ed.

Re: Breaking: Rogers Aquires Bell Stake In MLSE

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:52 pm
by DG88
Ugh.