waffledave
waffledave, from hf
Okay, so I see alot of PA supporters who seem to believe the union when they claim that the financial reports by the NHL were all BS and the owners were hiding revenues.
A few weeks ago, I quickly did some bookeeping in my head, and by my estimation, I came up with the habs losing 3 million by the end of the season. Unfortunately, I did this quickly at breakfast and didn't write anything down, and I don't feel like doing to all myself again, so lets do it together.
First of all, we need to agree on what generates revenue and what is a cost. Here is what I think...(I'm choosing the Habs for this)
Revenue:
Ticket sales
Merchendise
Concessions
Advertising revenue
TV deal
Cost:
Player salaries
Taxes
Arena fees
Travel expenses
Front office salaries
Coaches and trainers salaries
Currency conversion
That's all I can think of on the spot. Feel free to add anything you think I forgot, or take off anything you think doesn't belong. Once we have a general concensus on what the different revenues and expenses are, we'll do our own books and see if the team really is losing money (Owner of the Habs says the team must make the third round of the playoffs to break even).
A few weeks ago, I quickly did some bookeeping in my head, and by my estimation, I came up with the habs losing 3 million by the end of the season. Unfortunately, I did this quickly at breakfast and didn't write anything down, and I don't feel like doing to all myself again, so lets do it together.
First of all, we need to agree on what generates revenue and what is a cost. Here is what I think...(I'm choosing the Habs for this)
Revenue:
Ticket sales
Merchendise
Concessions
Advertising revenue
TV deal
Cost:
Player salaries
Taxes
Arena fees
Travel expenses
Front office salaries
Coaches and trainers salaries
Currency conversion
That's all I can think of on the spot. Feel free to add anything you think I forgot, or take off anything you think doesn't belong. Once we have a general concensus on what the different revenues and expenses are, we'll do our own books and see if the team really is losing money (Owner of the Habs says the team must make the third round of the playoffs to break even).