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Originally Posted by RyZ
What kind of financial agreement did CSEC have with the Inferno? Did CSEC pay for travel? Equipment? There was already NHL involvement with a number of CWHL teams being owned by NHL teams (CGY, MTL, TOR and maybe BOS?).
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Originally Posted by BigFlameDog
For the CWHL the NHL teams made a one time contribution prior to year one. There has been no other significant contributions. They were budget teams that raised money to travel and pay the players. Staff were volunteers paid for expenses from what I understand.
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IIRC the Flames contribution was $20k spread over 4 years. I also believe it was more of a donation in kind as the team paid for the jersey redesign as well as a bit of social media promotion.
Travel was provided by Westjet.
The team had to raise additional funding through merch sales and other methods. The majority of the staff were all volunteers but some were paid an honorarium by the league.