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futurcorerock said:I about laughed when i read it on the E man's website. Now he's just plain bored.
NHLPA creates its own league = NHL gains just enough ammo to crush it with Impasse.
Kryoptix said:nope,some reports( ) suggest that the players will create their leagye and if it's the case no way I would cheer for a player league !!
I'm a habs fan not a crap team here fan !
Probably the same ones Bob Goodenow isnt fighting for.me2 said:You'd have to think any players left out of the NHLPA league will be PISSED OFF. LOL at the suckers that fund it so the rich players can play while they stay at home.
Mountain Dude said:I would love to see the NHLPA create its own league, and just get ****ing owned.
They play for Gate Receipts ..PecaFan said:I'd love to see it just so that they would learn it takes billions of dollars invested to get it up and running, and it's not the license to print money they seem to think it is.
PecaFan said:I'd love to see it just so that they would learn it takes billions of dollars invested to get it up and running, and it's not the license to print money they seem to think it is.
The Messenger said:They play for Gate Receipts ..
They Travel around the country to many Areana's and play games ..
Average 15,000 fans X $50/ticket = $ 750,000 per game .. Building owner gets cut say $100,000 + Parking, Concessions etc and then the 44 players divided up the rest giving them each $14,500 - $15.000 /game per player.
Could buy them losts of time until the NHL changed its stance ..
Hamilton, Winnipeg, Quebec, etc etc .. The AHL areana seat more then 9000 fans ..Chayos1 said:More likely the arena will have 9000 fansX $50= $ 450,000 the building owner will want 1/2 so players take would be $225,000 less travel costs, less insurance costs, less hotel costs, less equipement costs, less staff costs, less advertising costs, less agents costs, less managment costs.... and so on. The players will lose money even trying to do this even without paying themsleves.
The reality is the NHL has the hockey markets tied up so the players will be playing in non hockey markets trying to push their game to people who don't care. How can they be successful when the owners have tapped every resourse they can in strong hockey markets and lose money doing it!
This NHLPA league will end up costing them more than they get back in teh end.
The Messenger said:Hamilton, Winnipeg, Quebec, etc etc .. The AHL areana seat more then 9000 fans ..
but just examples ..
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature.asp?fid=9941Munchausen said:They can talk about it all they want, I don't think the owners take this as a serious threat. In fact, I'd bet they'd be willing to challenge them to do it, so they realize what kind of money it takes to run a league.
First, I think it's safe to say they wouldn't gather more than half what the league can gather in atendence, given the players public opinion is at an all time low and all the big markets are occupied by the NHL owners (+ lots of fans chear for the sweater before the players).
Then, the fun begins. I'm not even sure they could brake even with all the related costs to run their league. Unless they want to play uninsured, travel by bus, stay at Motel 6, make their own lunches and have mom make the teams' sweaters.
:lolMunchausen said:...I'm not even sure [the players]...could break even with all the related costs to run their league. Unless they want to play uninsured, travel by bus, stay at Motel 6, make their own lunches and have mom make the teams' sweaters.
The Messenger said:They play for Gate Receipts ..
They Travel around the country to many Areana's and play games ..
Average 15,000 fans X $50/ticket = $ 750,000 per game .. Building owner gets cut say $100,000 + Parking, Concessions etc and then the 44 players divided up the rest giving them each $14,500 - $15.000 /game per player.
Could buy them losts of time until the NHL changed its stance ..
The Messenger said:http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature.asp?fid=9941
At the other end, the NHL Players' Association could potentially pull some good trump cards of its own - strike or decertification.
Under a strike scenario, the union simply won't accept the new work rules and walk out. They would gamble that fans wouldn't flock back into arenas to watch non-regulars dressed in NHL uniforms.
The other option is for NHLPA members voting to decertify the NHLPA as their representative body. That way, the new framework of the CBA would not be applicable to them. Simply put, you can't have new labour practices applying to members of a union if that union doesn't exist anymore.
This specific process will essentially fragment the union's former membership. Decertified players who think they can make better money under a new CBA could head back to work, while players who take a financial hit from the new CBA could sue the league under anti-trust laws. If 'Hockey Player X' made $9 million US under the old deal, and only $6 million US because of restrictions - whether it be a salary cap, luxury tax, or re-vamped salary arbitration - under a new deal, he could seek damages for as much as three times the difference.
The Messenger said:while players who take a financial hit from the new CBA could sue the league under anti-trust laws. If 'Hockey Player X' made $9 million US under the old deal, and only $6 million US because of restrictions - whether it be a salary cap, luxury tax, or re-vamped salary arbitration - under a new deal, he could seek damages for as much as three times the difference.
The Messenger said:Hamilton, Winnipeg, Quebec, etc etc .. The AHL areana seat more then 9000 fans ..
but just examples ..
Thunderstruck said:If the players decertify, there is nothing stopping the replacement players from forming their own PA and ratifying the CBA.