Thank you for the perspective. I too have been unhappy with the betting piece and yes, understand the linkage to fast food & alcohol on health. Good blog.
Campbell, you're second. Or Third. How to you refer to someone behind a first place tie?
Waugh, you're 10th. or 12th. Same question.
Gambling. I used to gamble a bit. I put a $100 in the pot in.... 2013? I've been milking it since then. This year, the river ran dry, and I think I'm good. I'm not inclined to add to it. I don't think I enjoyed it THAT much, as opposed to just watching with out taking a financial stake.
The idea that Rogers has taken a financial bath since signing its big NHL is false. According to publicly available financial information submitted by Sportsnet to the CRTC Sportsnets pretax profit increased from $44m in 2014 to $121m in 2019. Pretax profit dropped to $60m for 2020 because advertising revenue fell due to the pandemic. Here are links to the data:
Thank you for the perspective. I too have been unhappy with the betting piece and yes, understand the linkage to fast food & alcohol on health. Good blog.
Thanks for reading it.
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Central Iowa Random Predictions results
Campbell, you're second. Or Third. How to you refer to someone behind a first place tie?
Waugh, you're 10th. or 12th. Same question.
Gambling. I used to gamble a bit. I put a $100 in the pot in.... 2013? I've been milking it since then. This year, the river ran dry, and I think I'm good. I'm not inclined to add to it. I don't think I enjoyed it THAT much, as opposed to just watching with out taking a financial stake.
The idea that Rogers has taken a financial bath since signing its big NHL is false. According to publicly available financial information submitted by Sportsnet to the CRTC Sportsnets pretax profit increased from $44m in 2014 to $121m in 2019. Pretax profit dropped to $60m for 2020 because advertising revenue fell due to the pandemic. Here are links to the data:
2014 - 2018 https://applications.crtc.gc.ca/OpenData/CASP/Financial%20Broadcasting%20Summaries/Books%202018/Individual%20Discretionary%20&%20On-Demand/2018%20Individual%20Discretionary%20and%20On-Demand_Statistical%20and%20Financial%20Summaries.pdf?_ga=2.168071525.553120154.1573532984-765140577.1555955496
2016 - 2020 https://applications.crtc.gc.ca/OpenData/CASP/Financial%20Broadcasting%20Summaries/Books%202020/2020%20Broadcasting%20Statistical%20and%20Financial%20Summaries%20-%20Individual%20Discretionary%20and%20On-Demand%20Services/English/2020%20Individual%20Discretionary%20and%20On-Demand_Statistical%20and%20Financial%20Summaries.pdf?_ga=2.34066409.958623800.1654877973-1922059604.1606166706