You're still misunderstanding. On it's face the deal looks fair but there are problems.
The owners want 50/50 immediately and with the "make whole" portion, players pay for players to make themselves whole. In full, it's less than 50/50.
In the player's version of 50/50, the effect is gradual, conditional, and player's initially earn greater than 50/50 early on.
It's about how 50/50 is defined. The NHL proposal had a lot of issues in it. I never said that the players are right, but to think that their offer wasn't a step forward is misinformed.
The fact that the NHL wasn't planning on listening to how the NHLPA defined 50/50 favorably for them (instead of how it was favorable for the owners) and wanted the NHLPA to tweak their offer, shows that the owners want this deal on their terms. There needs to be a middle ground. And I do see one (the two sides are not as far off as one thinks), just need to remove the smoke and mirrors.
it shows that the owners don't think the NHL is profitable enough to hold the terms under the old Cba. What about this is so difficult for you to understand?
Since Fehr loves to compare leagues, this guy even said he would have accepted a "baseball deal with no cap", maybe he should actually sit down and crunch the numbers on the profits of these leagues. The NHL players are paid too much based on what the finished product, the NHL, provides and takes in.
It couldn't be more simple then this. I understand players like fighting over percentages, but the owners do not have to, at ANY POINT IN TIME, maintain those old percentages.
The players will come down to 50% immediately or they will never play professional hockey again unless they head to Russia. How could you make a statement that dispels this as fact? You can't.
That shows you the owners are 150% in control. They always were, and they always will be. Stop trying to reinvent what's happening.
And you know what, outside of the absolute sheer stupidity the players are showing in their trek to take all they can, they receive no paychecks unless they come to an agreement with the owners. All the owners need to do is wait. And wait. And wait. and they'll want their million dollar paychecks back.
That is sooooo not debatable, so don't try.