Naming Manning as the Argo President is the beginning of the end of Copeland and also probably Moore. The on field product has been successfully resurrected but Copeland's performance has been far less noteworthy and the MLSE brain trust has likely accepted that new leadership is required on the business management side. Expect both Copeland and Moore to quietly exit the organization sometime during the next 12 months.

Though Manning has no experience with the CFL, he has managerial sales experience with an NFL team, so he isn't completely a neophyte when it comes to football. It is not expected he will become an instant expert in all matters CFL and in all likelihood he will lean heavily on people like Popp, for advice re the league and its culture.

Since the Argos are now owned by MLSE, one would hope that the team and its fans will be accorded the same rights as TFC. Hopefully we will see some permanent and prominent signage at BMO stadium in the near future. After all, MLSE may manage the stadium but the city does own it. The "No Argos at BMO" should now be a dead issue and it is obviously unacceptable, to have any such signs shown inside the stadium.

MLSE is co-owned by Bell and Rogers (75%). These media giants may well be more cooperative in the future re. CFL broadcasts and we may see some sharing of the television rights in the future. This can only benefit the league in the long run.

IMO, Manning will continue as president of both the Argos and TFC for a while but somewhere down the road we could well see the two teams having two separate presidents. In the meantime, hopefully, Manning will bring his expertise to bear on the issue of the team's public and media image and also the concern of increasing game attendance.