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And the Argos owenership situation looks to be finally drawing to a close with Bell and Larry Tanenbaum buying the team

 

 

Bell and Larry Tanenbaum, two of three parties involved in ownership of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, are negotiating to buy the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts from David Braley and aiming to secure a lease that would see the team move to BMO Field in time for the 2016 CFL season, TSN has learned. 

 

Toronto city councillor Mark Grimes, chair of Exhibition Place, where BMO Field is located, said he spoke to CFL interim commissioner Jim Lawson on Monday morning and understands the sale is nearing completion. 
 
Completing the complex transaction has been difficult, according to several sources, because the third partner in MLSE's ownership, Rogers Communications, has declined to take on a stake in the Argos.

 

Tanenbaum and Bell have been negotiating a BMO Field lease with MLSE, which includes representatives from Rogers who want to ensure its partners pay market value for the stadium that is currently home to Toronto FC

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And the Argos owenership situation looks to be finally drawing to a close with Bell and Larry Tanenbaum buying the team

 

 

Bell and Larry Tanenbaum, two of three parties involved in ownership of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, are negotiating to buy the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts from David Braley and aiming to secure a lease that would see the team move to BMO Field in time for the 2016 CFL season, TSN has learned. 

 

Toronto city councillor Mark Grimes, chair of Exhibition Place, where BMO Field is located, said he spoke to CFL interim commissioner Jim Lawson on Monday morning and understands the sale is nearing completion. 

 

Completing the complex transaction has been difficult, according to several sources, because the third partner in MLSE's ownership, Rogers Communications, has declined to take on a stake in the Argos.

 

Tanenbaum and Bell have been negotiating a BMO Field lease with MLSE, which includes representatives from Rogers who want to ensure its partners pay market value for the stadium that is currently home to Toronto FC

 

They should just move the team to Buffalo.

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The CFL draft is always a weird animal. The first round is always loaded with Canadian linemen and one or two surprises, and a lot of the best US prospects (guys who might still be on the bubble in NFL camps as rookies) only go later.

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Nic Demski was picked! yay, great for him, he dominated for the Bisons. Hope he does.....oh, he got picked by the Riders. Well, he can go die in a fire, I guess.

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Alouettes pick Jacob Ruby from U of R in the first round! Go Spiders!

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Between Arland Bruce's comments a while ago now on Michael Sam, everything Ochocinco, and this, it hasn't been the best period on social media for the Als.

 

In a sense, I actually like that CFL players are a lot less "filtered" on twitter than players in bigger leagues. So many of the NFL/NHL/MBA/MLB accounts are so filtered, so corporate, and pretty fake. At least the CFL guys come off as themselves. Which... obviously isn't always a good thing.

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The first couple of games at BMO will be well attended or sell out and everyone will be claiming the Argos are back.  Then after a couple of weeks the crowds will dwindle again.  Makes sense the CFL is an important property for Bell/TSN and you need to keep a team in Toronto afloat and they can afford to absorb the loses.

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This was the only conclusion once BMO Field got their publicly funded stadium renovation that was contingent on it being made a multipupose facility. Even if they fall off to a low attendance of 20K a game or so the atmosphere should be so much better in a properly sized venue. And now the Argonauts can finally start sorting out some of their other issues, like the mess they have had the last couple years not having a regular practice facility. The stability will do a lot for their ability to recruit and keep players in town.

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Atmosphere will still blow because it is Toronto and I havent sensed any bit of Argo excitement here in a few decades..  Even when the crowds in Hamilton fall to the 18000 level or so the crowds there are still rowdy as hell, but it will be good to have the Argos back on the Exhibition grounds. Like you said the Argos have needed some investment here for awhile.  Hopefully Bell/Tannenbaum feel like using some of their spare change to give them proper training facilities and not some crummy field with a couple of double wide trailers parked on it and crank up the promotion and try to get the kids excited about the CFL again.  I was part of that so called lost generation where I couldnt see an Argo or TiCat game on TV all through the early 80's.  Ironically when the Argos were exciting as hell to watch.  

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Not surprised he's wound up here. He's sort of right in the mold anyway of being not quite big enough to play line but not quite fast enough to lay LB in the NFL. Up here I fully expect him to play DL.

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