yes, we had live, awesome coverage (not to rub it in or anything... but in addition to enjoying *french* fries without cowering from lack of patirotism, canadians also had the benefit of excellent coverage of the worlds. )
i only watched a little bit, unfortunately. the subtlety of it was lost on me, being a newbie. i was simple admiring their ability not to crash and go down like a bunch of dominos!!
yeah, those 'contractual problems' are a PITA (pain in the butt --no offense to pita fans everywhere). we frequently have shows blacked out on the american 'specialty' channels because of 'rights issues' with canadian broadcasters. it sucks, to say the least.