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Originally Posted by Beatle17
OK. I will make a post to you. The owners of these junior teams put up hundreds of thousands of dollars, hoping to make a profit. They supply the opportunity for the athletes to get professional training to achieve their goal of playing professional hockey, cover medical expenses, training, living expenses and future college university tuition IF the players choose to utilize it. The players are also paid a monthly stipend to cover small costs outside of the items mentioned above. So if the players want to be paid then they better hire accountants to figure out all of their taxable benefits in 4 provinces and at least 2 US states (for the WHL only). Tax laws in Canada make companies declare any gifts in the amount of $100 as taxable benefits, including Xmas parties and golf tourneys. If the players are receiving dental benefits and health benefits a portion of the amount is also partially paid by the employee.
I say pay the kids, and welcome them to the adult world. And comparing the NHL to any junior league is totally useless, the NHL starts with a $4Billion dollar budget
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Thank you... dealing with the issues... not the personalities.