TSN anchor Jennifer Hedger, earned the scorn of CFL fans and one astute player when she discussed the Raptors loss to the Cavaliers on Friday night’s SportsCentre….
…Interesting, could of sworn the @CFL was a professional sports league. Meh, guess not…@TSN_Sports@CFLonTSNpic.twitter.com/EoiDaztmsF
— Matt Black (@MattBlack39) May 28, 2016
…Interesting, could of sworn the @CFL was a professional sports league. Meh, guess not…@TSN_Sports @CFLonTSN pic.twitter.com/EoiDaztmsF
— Matt Black (@MattBlack39) May 28, 2016
Black is a member of the Toronto Argonauts, who won a Grey Cup in 2012. In Toronto. With 53,000 people at the Rogers Centre. With another 5.3 million watching on TV. Hell, even Justin Bieber was there.
CFL fans can be a sensitive bunch when they feel slighted, as we’ve chronicled before, and they didn’t disappoint this time around…
@MattBlack39 @CFL @TSN_Sports @CFLonTSN Wait, what?! #epicfail #byefelicia pic.twitter.com/LhqYyI8qqB
— Celine Tellier (@cdtellier) May 28, 2016
@MattBlack39 @CFL @TSN_Sports @CFLonTSN disrespectful! @jenniferhedger should apologize #Argos #CFL
— Kim (@talk2kimhuffman) May 28, 2016
@MattBlack39 @CFL @TSN_Sports @CFLonTSN
Unprofessional. Yet another embarrassing #TSN screw up. I love MY professional CFL football!— Mark Smith (@smitty_mark) May 28, 2016
@MattBlack39 @CFL @TSN_Sports @CFLonTSN ouch, that is brutal
— Lance Keiser (@LWOSLance) May 28, 2016
@MattBlack39@CFL@TSN_Sports@CFLonTSN Argos-> ’96, ’97, ’04, ’12. @TorontoRockLax-> ’99, ’00, ’02, ’03, ’05, ’11. Both TSN properties!
— sf (@faseruk) May 28, 2016
As a number of the Twitterati pointed out, TSN is the exclusive holder of CFL broadcast rights and therefore, would probably prefer that their own anchors refer to it as a professional league…
As for Hedger, she got chirped pretty good at her Twitter account @jenniferhedger…
@jenniferhedger Serious question – why do sportscasters in Toronto so easily discount the @TorontoArgos as a professional sports team? #CFL
— Rider fan (@GreyCupBound) May 28, 2016
@jenniferhedger r u going to respond to your claim that Toronto hasn’t won a pro championship since early 90’s? Why no respect for #Argos?
— Guy D (@Guyzer) May 28, 2016
The answer to that question, at least for now, would be no.
