only saskajay could turn a topic about rogers sniping the NHL from TSN and CBC into a CFL vs NFL debate. i swear this happens on a bi-monthly basis
as for what this means to the blue jays, imo absolutely nothing. more games on SN1 but thats about it. as for what it means to the rest of the market including tv package prices, phone prices etc that's a whole different argument.
i'm really curious to see how TSN reacts to this, maybe they fork out some cash and get some jays games on there with jim hughson (barf) commentating? who knows but i'm definitely curious. they're not gonna be able to fill the void with god damn curling all day... my prediction for tsn is:
+ soccer (including champions league and epl)
+ basketball (it's gotta happen)
+ cdn nhl teams (you gotta assume they're gonna go extremely hard for all the cdn teams, there's no way they can think the leafs and jets alone are gonna be enough)
+ baseball (it's a longshot for the jays but i definitely could see an increase in other games, especially AL east ones)
+ more analysis shows like that's hockey 2nite
+ possibly more NFL games but it's hard to really show more games when you only have two channels
+ darts, curling, track and the other fringe sports stuff
overall i think they're gonna be fine, it's a huge blow but they will survive. the increased cash they get from not paying the NHL could also go into getting more coverage for stuff like the olympics/world cup etc