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80 Philip Anschutz 64 5.2 United States United States , CO , Denver
80 Philip Anschutz 64 5.2 United States United States , CO , Denver
xerburt said:i'm guessing that part of the reason big millionaires got that rich in the first place, is because they know how and where to spend there money - that is, not in an NHL franchise that would most likely be running in the red.............. hence, i can understand why there aren't many billionaire NHL franchise owners.
I for one would definatley buy an NHL franchise and spend it if I were on the list. What you say is true however, as most of these guys probably aren't fans of the game.xerburt said:i'm guessing that part of the reason big millionaires got that rich in the first place, is because they know how and where to spend there money - that is, not in an NHL franchise that would most likely be running in the red.............. hence, i can understand why there aren't many billionaire NHL franchise owners.
it's kinda like the guy who makes $120,000 a year and blows $70,000 on a new porsche. it looks good on ya, is totally fun, but kinda contradicts good sense. (and most of the time, it's for show - ie. to pick up girls!)
Hockeycrazed07 said:NHL owners in the US get a tax break for every dollar lost in a business venture, so an ownership group like the one that owns the Sharks and the Tank (along with a number of other hockey-related entities) can claim the Sharks as a loss, financially, but still make money hand over fist on everything else. The Shark Tank is claimed in the Sharks' losses, and so they gain in the loans that SJ gave to the owners to build the Tank, via tax break, and they don't have to pay any of it back when, for example, Britney Spears comes to town. It's a win-win situation for the owners here in SJ. I'm not sure if it's like this in other cities, but I can't imagine they're that different...at least in the US, where tax laws favor businesses.
~Crazed.
Here, in Russia, gazeta.ru is considered widely as very unreliable source of information.Slick Nick said:Just read on a russian source (gazeta.ru) that Ovechkin might have singed a very lucrative contract with Avandgard Omsk. A contract, Washington can't afford to challange. Though, Dynamo Moscow denied the rumor sayinf that Ovechkin wasn't to sale.
Jacobv2 said:Until I see a source, it sounds like BS.
The only rumor I've heard is that Ovechkin is signed for another year with Dynamo and has said that he will play in Russia one more year, but that could just be a bargaining ploy.
Hockey Moose said:80 Philip Anschutz 64 5.2 United States United States , CO , Denver
our team still sucks!
Lord said:Here, in Russia, gazeta.ru is considered widely as very unreliable source of information.
AOL is not even worth over a billion.Jaded-Fan said:Washington's Leonis comes to mind, hell I thought that his first name was 'Billionaire' and middle name was 'Owner' as they almost always preface his name with those two words, though his AOL stock dropping may have effected that status.
in the hall said:AOL is not even worth over a billion.
He'll go where the money is.Foppa_Rules said:Ovechkin would never sign with another Russian team other than Dynamo Moscow. He has said that several times. He's a Dynamo fanatic--basketball, soccer, hockey, ect. I highly doubt he signed with Avangard.
Nope, I've heard him talk about this. He's a complete Dynamo fanatic. He even said, "I have firmly decided that I will play will Dynamo for the rest of my life (outside the NHL)". He's always cheered for Dynamo in every sport since he was a kid. There's no way he's signing with another Russian team. No way. It'll never happen unless Dynamo turns into some kind of sick organization and he has to leave.Jacobv2 said:He'll go where the money is.