RangerBoy
Dolan sucks!!!
It's called linkage
The NHL, in its latest proposal, set a maximum team payroll of $42 million with a payroll floor of $32 million. The linkage issue is the league's insistence that player costs won't exceed 53% to 55% of revenue in any given year. Even if some players were willing to accept a team payroll cap — and it's impossible to know how many would be, because only a few have spoken out on the issue — the linkage issue is at the forefront because they fear the league's revenue has shrunk significantly thanks to the lockout. Players don't like the idea that their salaries could spin downward if owners can't maintain revenues after the lockout ends.
The linkage issue isn't new to this process, but the fact that it is getting more discussion behind the scenes would seem to suggest that at least one side views it as a possible key to a compromise.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/2005-02-06-lockout-talks_x.htm
Either guarantee the cap figure or increase the % of revenue.That is the compromise the NHL must make if the players are to accept the cap
The NHL, in its latest proposal, set a maximum team payroll of $42 million with a payroll floor of $32 million. The linkage issue is the league's insistence that player costs won't exceed 53% to 55% of revenue in any given year. Even if some players were willing to accept a team payroll cap — and it's impossible to know how many would be, because only a few have spoken out on the issue — the linkage issue is at the forefront because they fear the league's revenue has shrunk significantly thanks to the lockout. Players don't like the idea that their salaries could spin downward if owners can't maintain revenues after the lockout ends.
The linkage issue isn't new to this process, but the fact that it is getting more discussion behind the scenes would seem to suggest that at least one side views it as a possible key to a compromise.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/2005-02-06-lockout-talks_x.htm
Either guarantee the cap figure or increase the % of revenue.That is the compromise the NHL must make if the players are to accept the cap