No much new from my perspective although I see the Spits are doing some posting via twitter to keep a bit of news in front of their fans. Hopefully someone on this board will have some news for the rest of us..
Savages better open up their pocket books.
The chl law suit is settled.
Several sources say that each chl team is to pay 250 grand in damages.
Ouch.
I wonder if the Spit owners would consider suing D Branch and the CHL over the drop in value of the team after the forced cancellation of the sale to Smiles are Us and now the $250,o00 payout for the lawsuit. The payout is supposedly covered by insurance but details on that are sketchy at best.
But but but... I thought the Spits were poor and losing a lot of money??? People like CHL hockey but never wanted to know what they put in the sauce well it's out there for everyone to see. The CHL made money on the back of teenagers and they got nothing in return of monetary gain. The CHL is no different than big corporations that ship their production out to sweat shops.
Damages will be paid by insurance. Teams will only suffer higher rates.Savages better open up their pocket books.
The chl law suit is settled.
Several sources say that each chl team is to pay 250 grand in damages.
Ouch.
I would hope that nobody has to fold. Yes, it's tough right now and, yes, business decisions need to be made, but a team folding is still huge for any community. Right now, most teams are a big part of the town. Losing them isn't just an "okay, cool, let's move on" thing... it affects thousands of people.
NCAA is the same as the CHL,and now it looks like players can profit from their likeness while playing their NCAA sport,no different then CHL players being paid. In my view if college players are profiting then they are earning money which is supposed to be illegal in the NCAA,athletes playing junior hockey should not be deemed ineligible.
NCAA is just as bad as the CHL then another sweat shop corporation right?
Not trying to argue who is right or wrong in the law suit but from past family experience going NCAA is not all what it is cracked up to be. Most throw numbers out there with full riders in mind but the reality is only a small percentage of athletes that are tops in their field get the full rider. Others are offered varying degrees of a paid tuition and most still need to find "room and board" at their costs. It does depend on the school but it plays into how Colleges "recruit" south of the border.The NCAA isn't even as close to the CHL. The school that draws the most revenue is BU at 8 million and that doesn't account for any expenses. That's why a lot of schools are subsidized by the schools. If you think the CHL and their owners who pay for an education package for a player to go to St Clair College and the NCAA as players attend schools like Brown/Princeton/Colgate/Cornell/Yale/Harvard/Union/Army/Air Force and many more. NCAA hockey programs haven't cried poor with the exception of Bowling Green. For college hockey players class isn't optional. In the CHL once you graduate high school you don't have to take classes at college/university. Very few hockey players in the NCAA will ever profit for their likeness. If playing hockey and getting a degree from a school is the same as CHL schools claiming they're poor when they didn't pay out education packages. The CHL should consider this a win because the players still get paid peanuts.
Not trying to argue who is right or wrong in the law suit but from past family experience going NCAA is not all what it is cracked up to be. Most throw numbers out there with full riders in mind but the reality is only a small percentage of athletes that are tops in their field get the full rider. Others are offered varying degrees of a paid tuition and most still need to find "room and board" at their costs. It does depend on the school but it plays into how Colleges "recruit" south of the border.
After being offered a number of options NCAA it was still more cost effective for my family member to play/go to school north of the border. And I'm comfortable they got a good education.
Always a good idea to explore options but watch out for the "hype".