Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Leafs are after everyone's hard earned dollars

The price of being a Toronto Maple Leafs fan continues to go up.

After Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment raised ticket prices this month, the company is now planning to put as many as 20 Leaf games on its digital channel – an increase of up to eight over last season. You can see where this trend is going.

Meanwhile regional televised games (on TSN and Sportsnet) will fall from 35 to 27. I can see a day when the only free games will be HNIC televised games on Saturday nights. And as Leaf TV gets more games, look for the monthly fee to be increased as well.