Competitive, accessible professional, premiere league hockey in Canada and traditional US strongholds? And, importantly, with national broadcasting support?

Yeah, that's a winning strategy.

Of course it's been a long march for women's professional sports just to get to the point where the PWHL could get that kind of television support, but as the traditional market leaders have abandoned the working class and turned to chasing the luxury boxers, there's no better time for an alternative -- especially one that has some innate shielding from being labelled a TEMU NHL -- to rise.

Oh yeah, he decided to go his own way, and it's working out well for him. It's just a little surprising -- these sports team owners always seem to hyper-focus on their teams, like they're very profitable toys, and not businesses. That's always been the thing that made organizations like the Blue Jays, Leafs, and Canadiens stand out (and why they now both have long stretches of profitable failure): They're run like businesses, and revenue generation has come before winning records or whatever.

It's only been with the Dodgers' revival -- which, obviously, is Walter's doing -- that these corporate teams have discovered the idea that winning generates more money.

@kichae Yeah, I forgot about the Raptors. But they own that too.

However, they inexplicably don’t own the Toronto Tempo—which I assumed they would because, you know, owning the Raptors and all that jazz. But I guess Rogers is really behind the ball when it comes to women’s sports.

This now explains why the Tempo play out of Coca-Cola Coliseum instead of Scotiabank Arena.

Oh, and if you’re also curious, the Tempo aren’t being shown on SportsNet either because Rogers are greedy as hell.

So, now I hope the Tempo go gangbusters too!