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Originally Posted by New Era
If there was even a clause in the contract for Canadian content, which I don't believe there would be one, the new owners could very easily pay what ever penalty to get out of said portion of the contract.
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Is $35M a year very easy to pay out?
Let's ballpark break down the 5.2B/12 yrs:
Leafs 1.7
Habs 1.0
Leaving 2.5B between the other 5 teams. Fair to assume that Vancouver's share is a little higher, and Winnipeg/Ottawa are a little lower, but Calgary would likely value between $400-500Million over the 12 years...so we're talking about at least $35M/yr in national rights alone.
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Tinordi, the NHL is already 4 years into the deal and if it ever gets to the point of the Flames moving the NHL will be past the halfway mark of the deal. There's no way it stands in the way of any Canadian team moving. I don't know why you continue to bring that up because I'm sure team movement was addressed in the contract and no league would sign a deal that limits what owners can do with their teams. It's a non-factor but chances are the Flames aren't going anywhere anyway.
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Even if it's in the last year of the deal, it would still be foregoing substantial revenue from many different streams for the foreseeable future (including future national and regional broadcast rights) to move to a worse market.
The deal doesn't limit what they can do, but smart business sense does.
If broadcast rights were valued in the 90's as they are now, it's unlikely the Jets nor Nordiques ever move.
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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
I'd guess the Flames would be at least 5 years from even the consideration of moving, which will include potential Olympic bid and new civic government.
So yeah, 10 of the 12 years (at minimum) of the TV deal completed and not the tiniest consideration in any part of the process.
This is only my opinion.
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What about the next deal? A smaller [hockey] market American team is basically valueless for NBC's national deal (and regional deals pale in comparison to Canadian ones).