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When your main argument is "My bread isn't buttered like it used to be" it does
Bingo.
When your main argument is "My bread isn't buttered like it used to be" it does
When your main argument is "My bread isn't buttered like it used to be" it does
The NHL needed salary control if it was to thrive. Ranting and whining about ticket prices does not change this fact.
I'm not ranting about the prices. I'm ranting about the fact that they're going up at an alarming rate, which is contrary to the statements Gary, Bill, and many fans here made. Remember, Nashville is but one of a dozen or so teams that have publicly announced increases this summer.
Excellent post.Like I said earlier, the salary cap HAS some effect on ticket prices in certain markets.
In Dallas they can't make the team competitive by spending $65M per year anymore and Dallas hockey market is not Toronto, i.e. they won't pay ridiculous prices when their team is not doing well. So when the payroll goes down, the team competiviness goes down (at some point, maybe next season) and the demand for tickets decreases. That could lead to cheaper ticket prices in Dallas if the team's optimal revenuestream equation demands that.
Bettman's "more affordable" is both 1) highly relative and 2) doesn't mean all teams.