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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
These are one time fees, the expansion fee is not spread out over 10 years like a sponsorship deal or tv rights deal.
Its a one time that's it.
Any one off like this is always excluded from bonuses and things like that. Working for a big corporation and you see your bonus doesn't match with revenues is because they exclude one offs like this.
They can try to negotiate to broaden HRR to include a one time expansion fee but it will be shot down quickly.
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If expansion fees were a one time fee, the exec director of the NHLPA wouldn't be bringing it up. How much in expansion fees do you think the league will collect in next 10 years? 20? 30?
It's not a one time thing.
As for how they are paid or collected, how do you know this? Why wouldn't a $1 Billon expansion fee be collected over a number of years? That's certainly what I would expect. But even if it isn't, that doesn't mean it's not revenue or should be argued to be part of the pot to be split.
In collectively bargaining a new agreement, the notion of "shot down quickly" doesn't often apply. You don't ask a judge for a ruling.