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Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby
The thing is public dollars shouldn't be used for arenas etc. I also don't think the owners should hold player salaries in escrow tied to revenue. But as with most things in politics it's eventually going to get done, because no one wants to go into an election being the Mayor or Councilor that chased the Flames out of town.
Even look at Edmonton, one of the most militant anti public funds councilors was a dude named Don Iveson, who did a 180 at seemingly the 11th hour, and then ran for mayor and won shortly after.
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With that explanation, a salary cap would be removed
Without the escrow, it wouldn't work
However that is way off topic