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Originally Posted by ricardodw
It would obviously be a public relations joke. A 81.5M cap when the revenue stream agreement that was agreed upon supports a 40-50M cap??? How is that not humorous in the extreme?
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It's not especially ridiculous when one takes the fraction of time needed to see that the League and the PA arrive at their calculations of HRR and the salary cap from the most immediate returns of the previous season. Since there is no mystery here, I don't see how an inflated escrow would amount to a "public relations joke" in the intervening time of re-adjustment for sports leagues following the pandemic. I guess you are free to be outraged, but really, this looks like a lot of hand-waving about nothing.
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You will not build a fan base when you are so tone deaf to the realities of the the "new normal". For the NHL ... or any sports team to win back public support they have to give all appearances of taking cut backs.
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I guess we will see what happens, but as others have shown a rollback of some sort is premature at the outset. If and when the NHL suffers at the gate, this will be reflected in HRR, and will have a dramatic impact on the salary cap and player salaries moving forward. again, I don't get the outrage.
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It was bad enough having the salaries so out of touch with reality when everyone had a well paying job.
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Salaries are a reflection of the cap, which is based on revenues. I would agree that there are clear instances of a good number of excessive, individual player salaries, but I think globally speaking the numbers are pretty close to market value. Players are paid well because that is the cost of doing business.