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Originally Posted by troutman
I'm sure some will question this math . . .
Why would they get revenue sharing if those other projections are accurate?
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No, they sure would not. If they are in the top half of league revenue, they won't be getting revenue sharing. Even if they were in a revenue sharing position, I doubt they would come close to getting the maximum.
Beyond that, to keep collecting the maximum revenue sharing, they would have to show revenue growth greater than the NHL's overall annual rate. So if the NHL grows at 5% per year, as an example, Winnipeg would have to grow at 5+% per year. Since you are assuming sell outs, that means Winnipeg's ticket prices would be going up probably 9-10% per year, win or lose, just to keep pace.
So yeah, that already high average of $75 in 2011-12 becomes about $82.50 in 2012-13. $90 in 2013-14 and $100 in 2014-15. Good luck.
Oh, and if I read the CBA correctly, to get the maximum share, they would also have to keep a minimum payroll. As always, take with grain of salt as I am hardly a CBA legalese expert.
Also, I half suspect they are double counting the luxury suites. It seems the ticket revenue is 15,015 x $75 x 41 games. But those luxury suites count in the seating capacity. Probably only a difference of a couple million dollars though.