Watching the top contenders locked in a struggle to run Rogers Sports is going to be fun - The Globe and Mail
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Open this photo in gallery:If you’re a Toronto sports fan, it shouldn’t matter to you who wins this Battle of the 0.01-per-cent-ers, writes Kelly. Nathan Denette/The Canadian PressOn Thursday, Rogers finalized its purchase of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, creating a new entity, Rogers Sports. Now the competition to see who runs the show can really begin. The top contenders are MLSE CEO Keith Pelley and Blue Jays CEO Mark Shapiro. Both are favourites of the supreme leader, Edward Rogers. Both have built out their respective businesses so that as you enter their establishments, you can feel your money begin to vibrate. It wants to leave you. Both have said, for the public record, some version of: “Head up the largest sports-based entertainment group in this beautiful, beautiful country filled with equally attractive fans? What a wild idea.” And everybody knows they’ve both been angling to do that for months. On Thursday, Pelley appeared to take the lead. Along with his current job, he’ll now oversee Sportsnet and Rogers Media.
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