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Originally Posted by Reggie28
Will the 2020-21 season even go ahead without fans? If the numbers from the athletic are close, using 2 million/home game, game day revenue is 2.5 billion, roughly half of the 4.8 billion HRR. (2m*41 home games*31 teams). If the season is cancelled, will they just push all the contracts out a year, making each player a year older, further complicating the job of a GM?
If these numbers are out to lunch, I’m willing to be corrected.
https://theathletic.com/1672688/2020...ach-home-game/ |
A regular season without fans is really, really bad news for the NHL.
It’s a very legitimate question. How late can you start, how short a season can you have are the big questions. I do believe there comes a point where it is in no one’s best interest to start a season.
It’s why the whole argument centered around “skip the bubble idea for the playoffs and focus on next year” never made much sense. It was that or nothing.
Would allowing arenas at 25% capacity be a tipping point?