And this article misses two critical issues:

1) TSN does a brutal job with its production. While Cuthbert/Suitor/Climie/Stegall are excellent, the rest of their on-air personal are pretty bad and then there's Rod Black who is indescribably bad. Stale graphics, archaic camera angles, poor information for fans (no indicators for time outs or challenges remaining), all contribute to making the CFL look bush league. Fans are not going to part with hard earned money to attend a second rate event and TSN does everything in their power to make it look that way.

2) In BC, the in game presentation is at the level of high school game. It's embarrassing. No other word for it. It ruins the experience of watching a great product and makes it hard for people to want to go back. When TV, even with TSN's brutal coverage, is a much superior experience ... why go?