Twelve men on the Field (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
The last week has been pretty well dedicated to the examination of David Braley's philanthropic nature when it comes to the Canadian Football League. Braley who owns the BC Lions , apparently helped facilitate the ownership of the Toronto Argonauts for David Cynamon and Howard Sokolowski , providing half of their down payment and additional cash when things got tight it...
SportsFilter (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
The Toronto Argonauts open their pre-season Wednesday night against the Montreal Alouettes. No word yet, however, whether David Braley will call the offensive plays, or stick to directing the defence. Braley, of course, is the owner the British Columbia Lions, as well as the Canadian Football League's longtime power broken, kingmaker, and so forth. Braley is a rich man,...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
B.C. Lions owner David Braley didn't compromise the CFL's integrity by helping Howard Sokolowski and David Cynamon purchase the Toronto Argonauts out of bankruptcy in 2003, and continuing to lend the team money, league commissioner Mark Cohon said Tuesday.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
B.C. Lions owner provided financial assistance to Toronto six years ago and continued to do so, a fact unknown to two commissioners and CFL fans
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
B.C. Lions owner provided financial assistance to Argonauts six years ago and continued to do so, a fact unknown to two commissioners and CFL fans
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
... almost no one knew it at the time, there’s one more lasting image: the distinctive profile of David Braley watching two teams he supported financially. It obviously comes as a shock that Braley, the owner of the Lions, has for the past several years also been a secret, de facto financial facilitator of the Argos. The two men who were CFL commissioners during that time, Tom...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
... almost no one knew it at the time, there’s one more lasting image: the distinctive profile of David Braley watching two teams he supported financially. It obviously comes as a shock that Braley, the owner of the Lions, has for the past several years also been a secret, de facto financial facilitator of the Argos. The two men who were CFL commissioners during that time, Tom...
Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
Imagine just for a minute, that if Randy Lerner had been unable to complete his purchase of the Cleveland Browns and was secretly loaned millions by Jerry Jones, that would be a slight conflict of interest, right? There’s a similar credibility problem faced Tuesday by the Canadian Football League report the Globe & Mail’s David Naylor [...]
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
"Our league is an important Canadian icon, and our fans have every right to expect our governors to do two things: compete with everything they've got on the field, and work together in the best interests of the league, off the field. I have been informed that British Columbia Lions owner David Braley provided financial assistance to Toronto Argonaut owners Howard Sokolowski and David...
