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Canadian Premier League's First Commissioner Reveals A Target Kick-Off Date Of April '19

The Canadian Premier League yesterday named David Clanachan as its first commissioner and "revealed a target inaugural kick-off date" of April '19, according to Kurtis Larson of the TORONTO SUN. League organizers hope to "plant seeds in eight to 10 markets," with Clanachan planning to begin awarding franchises "by the end of next month." Hamilton and Winnipeg were "revealed as flagship franchises last May," and Halifax, Ottawa, Saskatoon and Calgary "appear to be in lead contention to join" them. Clanachan estimated that the investment from the league’s founders is "expected to approach" C$500M over 10 years. He "expects a six-month season sans playoffs." The unanswered question is "how the league will be received by Canadians, many of which already support MLS." Clanachan "tipped his hat to MLS, despite acknowledging it as a competitor." Clanachan: "I admire what they’ve done. The problem is it’s only three Canadian cities. They’ve made it very clear: The MLS is an American league." Additional challenges include "TV deals and rights." Clanachan "didn’t rule out entering the CPL’s inaugural season without a broadcast deal in place" (TORONTO SUN, 1/11).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

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Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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