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Originally Posted by Parallex
As for why the other owners wouldn't allow them to move (any time soon)...
http://www.espn.com/nhl/attendance
... take a look at that list. Are the BOG really going to allow a top 10 attendance team to just up and move when there are several bottom 10 teams (By my count at least 4) that have either ownership problems or arena problems? |
Do we have an example of them blocking a relocation because there was a team that was “worse off”?
Again I am not arguing it just seems there is a bunch of people with this concrete notation that they are correct in this thread yet it seems strictly opinion and is not really backed up by any previous facts. If there is some I’m totally on your side I’m just trying to understand why people so firmly believe the team will stay when from a financial aspect it makes zero sense for the owners to do so. I am a consultant for a private equity company and I cannot think of a single example in the last 20 years where anyone on any board blocked a relocation of a company, a business, or a project due to another entity within that company being less profitable, even if that meant that it would enter into an area that was already saturated. Like I said before I am far from an expert in the sports world economics which is why I am looking for some information on why it would operate differently.
On a side note thank you for the information in this thread from posters, a lot of it is great and is very informative!