It depends on whether or not TSN is considered to be Club Affiliated. The NHL would know if they were. But since it's directed at the management I don't think there's an issue. Now if the signs said "Come home Stamkos" or anything directed at Stamkos it could potentially be tampering.
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It depends on whether or not TSN is considered to be Club Affiliated. The NHL would know if they were. But since it's directed at the management I don't think there's an issue. Now if the signs said "Come home Stamkos" or anything directed at Stamkos it could potentially be tampering.
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Guess the TSN signs are a moot point now anyway.
credit to snizzbone for bringing the original point to many of our attentions.
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Someone on r e d d i t just posted they were handed one at the ACC and it looks like they are in the building.
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No doubt they'll be present. They just officially don't want them there. I've got to wonder if the ushers will crackdown on people displaying them.
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to break it down for TB fans who may not be following, the Maple Leafs are owned by MLSE (Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment).
MLSE is owned by three primary companies. Two of which are Rogers and Bell. Owners of Sportsnet and TSN, respectively.
Bell (as well as Rogers) owns 37.5% of MLSE.
The signs in question here were produced by Toronto's TSN (and Bell owned) radio station urging Leafs management to sign Stamkos (and possibly persuade Stamkos himself to sign there).
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I don't know how TSN could have one of the most respected journalists in the biz in Bob McKenzie (and a lot of other credible qulitiy ones too that I enjoy) and still lower themselves to such sad levels.
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A company like TSN is huge. 1050 is one of their more important radio stations, but it's probably still an individual radio station servicing the Toronto sports market who made the decision to produce them.
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Personally I think it's skirting the line. They're going to want to be extremely careful and something like this is too stupid and small to risk the serious consequences of tampering.
Here's the particular clause that applies (edited for length and boring CBA talk):
26.3 Circumventions.
(a) No Club or Club Actor, directly or indirectly, may: (i) enter into any agreements,
promises, undertakings, representations, commitments, inducements, assurances of intent, or
understandings of any kind, whether express, implied, oral or written(...blahblahblah boring)
(i) Any act by a Club Actor that, if committed by the Club would constitute a
Circumvention, shall be imputed to the Club and shall be deemed to be a
Circumvention by the Club.
Now a Club Affiliated Entity falls under the Club Actor heading. And I believe that TSN qualifies as a CAE based on the criteria however only the league knows for sure. So yeah it's a risky side to take and actually really ****ing stupid.
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just some guy, but interesting if that's the logic.
I would agree that TML would want to lock down controlling their jammy-jam and not have it subject to being co-opted by other companies.
I would agree that TML would want to lock down controlling their jammy-jam and not have it subject to being co-opted by other companies.
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There's a pretty wide range but if there's deemed to be tampering the most likely consequences for a Club are lost draft picks. If a player is signed as a result of tampering the SPC would be voided. The Club and player(if complicit) can also be fined.
Something like this would be much more likely to be a fine than anything else because it's really minor. But the things Leafs fans have suggested about offering endorsements to entice Stamkos to sign would have very severe consequences.
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I'm just going to say it. The Leafs are changing their sweater so they stop ripping off the Lightning.
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