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Originally Posted by transplant99
The first bolded IS a handout if it is not being purchased. Thats OK as long as there is some sort of return down the line and the NHL can see a benefit to do doing so long term. That may or may not be the case, but it's completely unfair to expect them too.....just because.
I can easily see a minimum budget of 1.5 - 2 million a year per team for expenses. How much of that would come back to the investors for the first few years?
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It's a stretch to call that handouts. It would surely be part of a business plan where the league thinks they can build something. If they start something they are obviously looking at an ROI down the line. Plenty of businesses start knowing they will be in the red for x period of time. Again, no one is "expecting" them to do anything. Bettman has pretty much said they WILL do something if there are no other leagues around.
That's what some of you are having trouble with...none of these ladies is expecting or demanding anything. They are making their play to try to clear the way for something the NHL is interested in but the broke, mismanaged league that is waiting out for a fantasy of being scooped up by the NHL needs to die.
They are NOT expecting the NHL to start up a 20 team league in NHL rinks for 82 games a year and high salaries. It would be a slow burn no doubt.