NataSatan666 said:
How exactly is rasing 5 Billion dollars difficult for someone like Rupert Murdoch?
Ever tried to get money from a billionaire? They don't throw it around. There will have to be a superb business plan in place and much negotiation with each investor. They may have a lot of money but they aren't willing to lose ANY of it. You have to make a very good case and right now you have a league with 80 years of histroy behind it in terrible financial shape, and that own or are major tenants in the arenas of the major facilities, dropping viewership numbers. A network is not going to give a prime time slot to a sport that doesn't generate prime time type numbers. When the network is based on advertising revenues which are based on ratings a national network is not going to make a lofty committment even if they share common ownership. Those are huge obstacle to overcome while soliciting investors for a similar product. it isn't as easy as thinking they have some money to burn and can afford it.
How exactly does it gain the owners anything to leave hockey arenas empty when they could have events in them?
Perhaps to prevent an competing league from getting a foothold? Nah that couldn't be a reason.
I'm sure the owners of established NHL teams will be allowed to "move" thier team into the new league for a price of course. And whats double good for them is there most likely would be "protection" from losing tons of money.
Those owners are tied to the NHL in ways that none of us really know. They may in fact have agreements in place that will not compete with the NHL in terms of product for X amount of time after leaving the league. I don't know and you don't know. If that isn't in place why would a team, as someone has already mentioned, devalue the club and run the risk of completely folding by going to a new unproven league? It make no sense now and wouldn't even be a consideration until after atleast another full season is lost.
Would that protection be a salary cap or guaranteed profits that PA apologists have been whining about for months?
How hard would it be to find players?
Ask the WHA. It isn't easy to get employees to committ to a start up especially when there are other more established options out there and there have been so many league failures.
It would take at least 6-12 months to pull it off, and there is no guarantee that the NHL will start by then anyways.
12 months would be an absolute minimum to get the finances and in place let alone arena deals, marketing etc etc .
Players Salaries - Could stay where they are because of the increased revenue that should be created
How do they stay where they are? Is this new league all of a sudden going to outperform the 80 year established one and generate $2.1 bil in revenues out of the box? In 5 years? Will these investors be more willing to lose money than the ones in the NHL?
Every home in the USA - Would have access to hockey
Every home in the US has had access to hockey for the past 10 years. A lot of good that's done.
They could change the rules (4 on 4), make the nets bigger or do whatever they like because its a NEW league
The NHL could do the same if they wanted to.
I bet it would sell in the USA
Then invest some of your hard earned cash in it.