There is a refreshing simplicity to David Braley’s worldview, and when he’s asked about the ongoing intrigue involving Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, BMO Field, various levels of government and the Toronto Argonauts, he cuts to heart of the matter like a laser.

The way Braley — and anyone with the common sense of a house fly — sees it, MLSE, the Argos and BMO Field are a perfect fit. The CFL team would give the giant sports conglomerate another tenant for its facility and an array of new revenue arteries. The Argos would get out of the atrocity which is the Rogers Centre and into a downtown facility in which it would thrive.

It’s a win for MLSE. It’s a win for the Argos. And it would be a win for the city of Toronto which, like it or not, isn’t a bad thing for Canada.

Naturally, there are more than a few forces standing in the way of this beautiful union but Braley, who owns the Argos and the B.C. Lions and who’s been through this sort of thing more than a few times, is undeterred.

“I don’t think it’s inevitable but it points that way,” he says from his Hamilton office. “If you used common sense and practicalities the best location would be a renovated BMO Field.

“Common sense has to rule and it usually does.”

He pauses.

“After a lot of aggravation.”

And that’s what the Argos are waiting for, the aggravation to run its course so this drama can play out to its logical conclusion.

On Sunday, Braley’s two teams meet in the latest installment of the Braley Bowl and, on the surface, little appears to have changed for the two franchises. The Lions come into the game with a winning record (4-3 but it’s still a winning record) and a reasonably solid fan base. The Argos have a losing record (3-4 but it’s still a losing record) and have yet to draw 20,000 fans to any of their three home games. As such, there is the usual level of hand-wringing over the team’s fortunes as the eternal CFL question hangs in the air: When will the Argos be fixed?

Turns out it might happen in our lifetime.

MLSE and the Argos have been courting for the better part of the year and, while the romance has endured its ups and downs, it makes too much sense on too many levels not to be consummated. As of this writing, the Argos are a second-class property in the Toronto sports landscape and that’s not going to change as long as they’re at The Rog. This week, owing to the complexities of their shared arrangements with the Blue Jays, they hosted the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Tuesday and, five days later, host the Lions. If that sounds awkward, think what will happen in October if the Jays make the playoffs when the Argos have four straight home dates.

No, it’s a mess and that living arrangement has crippled the Argos. But they can also look a mile or so to the west and see their dream home and a glorious new future.