A New Era: CFL announces landmark media agreements in Canada and globally

[Sir Blue and Gold]

It's a good deal for the league - can't argue with the dollar figure. I think it's great we are going from 50M to 83M for TV revenue. That will be very important for league health. More money for the league is always better.

I'm not thrilled that I will now be paying more and take on a new platform when we already live in subscription hell when today I'm already gouged by cable and can at least turn on TSN and get all CFL games. Or I just won't pay it and won't watch Saturday CFL games.

Aardvark says that most CFL fans have DAZN accounts...is this true though?

Just guessing but probably not. I usually just subscribe for a few months in the fall. I'll be paying a bit more I guess also, but I'm not totally unhappy about an excuse to have it year round... summer+fall means I would just do the annual fee and call it a day.

[pdirks67]

It's a good deal for the league - can't argue with the dollar figure. I think it's great we are going from 50M to 83M for TV revenue. That will be very important for league health. More money for the league is always better.

I'm not thrilled that I will now be paying more and take on a new platform when we already live in subscription hell when today I'm already gouged by cable and can at least turn on TSN and get all CFL games. Or I just won't pay it and won't watch Saturday CFL games.

Aardvark says that most CFL fans have DAZN accounts...is this true though?

I don't know if "most CFL fans have DAZN accounts", but I get DAZN every fall to watch NFL. It's always close to being worth it to get the annual package, and now it will easily be worth it.

This seems to be the way of the world. I like watching Winnipeg Jets games, but don't bother buying Sportsnet because there are only a few Jets games on it during the season, and I don't watch anything else on Sportsnet. I miss a few games, and go to a buddy's place for a few games. I think it will be the same for people watching CFL.

[theaardvark]

It's a good deal for the league - can't argue with the dollar figure. I think it's great we are going from 50M to 83M for TV revenue. That will be very important for league health. More money for the league is always better.

I'm not thrilled that I will now be paying more and take on a new platform when we already live in subscription hell when today I'm already gouged by cable and can at least turn on TSN and get all CFL games. Or I just won't pay it and won't watch Saturday CFL games.

Aardvark says that most CFL fans have DAZN accounts...is this true though?

I did not say that... I said "many" already do.  I don't think even a small percentage of them do.  DAZN is counting on some of them subscribing, though...

[BlueInCgy]

Feel more and more that this will be the last season I watch the CFL.  I only subscribe to TSN for the CFL season because honestly there's nothing else besides AEW that I'd watch on it, and I can see 80% of that on YouTube an hour after the show ends.

So now I'm getting 25% less from my TSN subscription and expected to pay 100% more to get that 25% back.  There's little to no chance I'll be spending 500 bucks on two streaming services per season.  I'll watch the 10 minute highlight package on YouTube and buy myself another guitar with the funds TSN won't be getting.

Hope for the sake of the league this all works out.