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Originally Posted by transplant99
Interesting.
I have to believe that should the NHL decide they have had it with the nonsense in Phoenix, that the Coyotes will indeed head to Winnipeg ahead of the Thrashers as the BOG will not want to fund the team for another year.
That may truly lead to a contracted Atlanta team..something unfathomable just a few weeks ago.
Though KC has the arena at the ready, I am not sure they have a viable owner at this point as the AEG group needs to disconnect from LA I believe before anything there can be discussed....though i may be wrong on that.
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I really don't see contraction happening, the reprecussions of that could be huge. It's just something that doesn't happen in modern day professional sports in North America, and taking that step would certainly be a massive blow to a number of revenue streams such as television contracts. A league that's contracting teams is not a league that you're going to see broadcasters and advertisers looking to work worth, the red flags are just too scary to risk it.
I'd expect that if it came right down to it the league would either operate the team in Atlanta as they did in Phoenix, or they'd make the move to KC and waive any issues with AEG having interests in two markets.