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Originally Posted by Aces High
The NBA is in much better financial shape than the NHL is! Why else would they continue expansion last season with the new Oklahoma City Thunder franchise?
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From what I have heard, Sacramento, Memphis, Charlotte, are all in serious trouble.
I dont know the finances of either league, but you would think on average with the escrow that the NHL has, it should be able to weather the storm better than the NBA as a whole. TV money is always what has kept the NBA afloat where the NHL has nothing. I do think there is a larger discrepancy between rich and poor in the NHL compared to the NBA though.
I have heard that this offseason will be the worst of any with everyone waiting for 2010 and then the end of the CBA. Escrow is the major issue from what I have heard.