It isn’t often – in fact, can anyone remember a time? – that Vancouver has had four ascendant sports franchises.
The marvellous business story with each of these teams is how they navigate their business contexts, none of them extravagant – that’s left to the National Football League, Major League Baseball and National Basketball Association. But with Apple TV+ pumping US$250 million each year now into the league, the pressure will be on every franchise to open the wallets to provide a better calibre of the so-named Beautiful Game. It would help if along the way the North American home and stadium viewer could be treated to refereeing not so sub-competent, nor the frequent flopping – the gravitational pull to the ground never seems stronger than in the penalty zone.
Yet the Lions and Whitecaps each drew 30,000-plus in playoff attendance over the weekend, suggesting that fan support can further emerge.
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