Ed Rogers will have achieved his desire of total power over MLSE if Rogers' deal to acquire Bell's 37.5% stake is completed.

For over a decade, all of Toronto’s sport teams were owned by two telecommunications companies: Bell and Rogers. But that has changed with today's massive announcement.

Rogers’ acquisition of Bell’s 37.5-per-cent stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment is unfolding against a backdrop of increasing chaos in North American sports broadcasting