Supreme Court to hear Bell/NFL appeals of Super Bowl simsub ban (updated)

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear appeals from Bell Canada and the National Football League (NFL) over the CRTC’s simultaneous substitution (simsub) ban for Super Bowl games.In Thursday’s decision, the Court took the unusual step in giving reasons why it agreed to hear the appeal (and even combined it with another case) saying that the appeals “provide an opportunity to consider the nature and scope of judicial review of administrative action” (i.e. CRTC decisions) and encouraged Bell and the NFL to “devote a substantial part of their written and oral submissions on the appeal to...