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Originally Posted by kermitology
The Clarkson deal is leotarded. Why did we have a lockout?
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I wish people would quit asking why did we have a lockout. Crazy contracts was not the reason for the lockout. Cost certainty was. For owners now they receive 50% of the revenue. Buyouts, long term deals, retiries, etc all count against the players % of HRR. Thats all the lockout was about. Everything else the owners asked for was window dressing for the fans.
The owners know that no matter how crazy these contracts are they will never as a group pay out more than 50% of HRR. Now can we all quit asking "why did we have a lockout"