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Originally Posted by simonsays
I'm still a little agog that they decided to go with projected HRR with an escalator clause to begin with. Coming out of the 04/05 lockout the NHL basically handed the PA a number and said that if revenues are increased we'll return the difference. But that should have been it, every year hence should have been based on the previous years HRR. No escrow, no escalator, just 'this is what we made last year and you get x% of that next year'. The wages would be 12 months behind but the confusion would have been gone.
Makes you wonder though how league min guys are affected. Does everyone pay into escrow or is it only what you earn over the minimum salary?
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The revenue is supposed to be split between players and owners for each season, so I'm guessing the issue the players would have with the increase being delayed for a season would be that a player who doesn't get contracts for the following season would lose that increase they helped the league earn, and for a player signing a long term deal that offseason an extra 5% in cap space can make a huge difference that they would not be able to make up for if it is added a year after they sign. That's my assumption of how the players would view this. Obviously an argument could be made(and likely has been by the league during bargaining) that since teams are not required to spend to the cap players who don't get new contracts weren't guaranteed that extra money to begin with.