NHL SEASON SAVED ... GAME OVER
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Look's like yet again it's gonna be a no go. I hope that they realize these stupid 'attemps(sp)' are useless and even more heartbreaking to the fans. It just leads us on to hope when there really is none.
I'm sick of it, they need to start thinking of others and not their greedy friggin pockets.
They're gonna lose A LOT of fans, and then they wont make any money without the fans support.
[ February 19, 2005, 03:45 PM: Message edited by: Blind d(-_-)b ]
I'm sick of it, they need to start thinking of others and not their greedy friggin pockets.
They're gonna lose A LOT of fans, and then they wont make any money without the fans support.
[ February 19, 2005, 03:45 PM: Message edited by: Blind d(-_-)b ]
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Originally posted by JohnnyToronto:
^ Teri I thought the season is on and it starts March 5th? [img]tongue.gif[/img]
^ Teri I thought the season is on and it starts March 5th? [img]tongue.gif[/img]
They've lost my support in this one.
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GAME OVER
As the Sunday Sun read.
"The players were prepared to accept a salary cap of $42.5 million (all figures U.S.), but wanted the chance to bump it to $45 million if league revenues grew to a certain point — in effect upward linkage.
But the NHL held firm to its $42.5 million cap and also clawed back in the areas of salary arbitration, qualifying offers and the entry-level system. There was also no minimum payroll provision and the league outlined plans to decrease its revenue-sharing component basically to nothing as revenues increased.
Even though the league agreed to drop its demand to link player salaries to revenues, NHLPA president Trevor Linden said the league's intent was to get cost certainty. "When they want $42.5 million and it doesn't move for six years, there's your linkage," he said.
When Bettman cancelled the season Wednesday, he warned the players that the deal would only get worse if the league was forced to miss an entire season. And while that tactic might have inspired a large number of disenchanted players to push the union to accept a deal, the prospect did not seem to faze the NHLPA leadership yesterday.
"I can't see anything worse than what they put on the table today," Saskin said.
Now that the league has clearly used its largest leverage point, it enters a number of quagmires that the NHLPA knows will be a huge cause of concern. The league is eager to get an agreement in place soon so it can hold a draft and prevent junior sensation Sidney Crosby from taking court action to become an unrestricted free agent."
From Thestar...
[ February 20, 2005, 08:42 PM: Message edited by: Blind d(-_-)b ]
As the Sunday Sun read.
"The players were prepared to accept a salary cap of $42.5 million (all figures U.S.), but wanted the chance to bump it to $45 million if league revenues grew to a certain point — in effect upward linkage.
But the NHL held firm to its $42.5 million cap and also clawed back in the areas of salary arbitration, qualifying offers and the entry-level system. There was also no minimum payroll provision and the league outlined plans to decrease its revenue-sharing component basically to nothing as revenues increased.
Even though the league agreed to drop its demand to link player salaries to revenues, NHLPA president Trevor Linden said the league's intent was to get cost certainty. "When they want $42.5 million and it doesn't move for six years, there's your linkage," he said.
When Bettman cancelled the season Wednesday, he warned the players that the deal would only get worse if the league was forced to miss an entire season. And while that tactic might have inspired a large number of disenchanted players to push the union to accept a deal, the prospect did not seem to faze the NHLPA leadership yesterday.
"I can't see anything worse than what they put on the table today," Saskin said.
Now that the league has clearly used its largest leverage point, it enters a number of quagmires that the NHLPA knows will be a huge cause of concern. The league is eager to get an agreement in place soon so it can hold a draft and prevent junior sensation Sidney Crosby from taking court action to become an unrestricted free agent."
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[ February 20, 2005, 08:42 PM: Message edited by: Blind d(-_-)b ]
just hockey!?!?
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Originally posted by JohnnyToronto:
^ And soccer players don't get paid too much?
Oooookkkkkkkkkkkkk.
^ And soccer players don't get paid too much?
Oooookkkkkkkkkkkkk.
And hockey is a canadian sport, if you dont like it don't post in this thread simple as that.
