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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
Does receiving revenue sharing mean an NHL franchise is unprofitable though? I'll admit I haven't looked into it much, but I thought the way the league shared its revenues as defined by the CBA was by using a formula that saw the top ten revenue generating teams paying a share to the bottom 10 revenue sharing teams. I've never heard of it being based on whether or not those bottom 10 teams were in the red or not.
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That's what I think as well. Revenue sharing is relative to the earnings of the other teams. The Flames may be in the black but 10 other teams are earning more.