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If you accept everything the union says will result from their proposal, the players will receive 56.6 per cent of our revenues on Day 1 of a new agreement. To repeat, the players' proposal translates to 56.6 pe cent. We countered at 54 per cent . . . So if we cannot make an agreement with such a modest gap to bridge, it must be because the union does not believe that the system will reduce costs to the 56.6 per cent level and keep them there. And the result - perhaps the union's hope - will be the resumption of the inflationary spiral...
If the union does not come forward now, it proves that the union leadership knows full well that under the union's proposal, the fundamental failures of our current system will not change and we will be right back where we were in, at best, a couple of years...
This is the exact point where Bettman nails the PA's ass to the wall. He takes their obvious PR proposal and throws it right back in their faces.
Marvelous stuff.
TSN-Bettman's speech
I know that Gary has the far better hand, but frankly I'm amazed how badly he's kicking Bob's ass.