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National sports events should be free on TV: Orridge

Briefs | 11/15/2012 3:46 pm EST

Marquee, nation-building sporting events like the Olympics or the PanAm Games should be broadcast free to the public, Jeffrey Orridge, executive director of sports properties at CBC/Radio-Canada, said Tuesday.

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