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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
It’s 50/50 of all HRR - expand that by two cites worth of teams, it’s not like interest fluctuates that drastically in your other established markets. Even Arizona playing in a College rink probably isn’t hurting them too much since 3000 people paying full pop for NHL hockey is probably better than that market usually gets.
82 extra sold out games + tv number boosts etc + the interest in NHL hockey isn’t declining.
Barring another global pandemic that results in 18 months worth of games being played in front of no people, I don’t see what causes the cap to go down anytime soon.
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Yes, but you have to divide that by the number of teams, which has gone from 30 to 32. If the new teams aren't above average, they aren't raising the cap. A quick example:
30 teams - each team generates $200M in HRR: total HRR = $6B, 50% = $3B / 30 teams = $100M cap (mid point actually)
add two teams...
32 teams - each generates $200M in HRR: total HRR = $6.4B, 50% = $3.2B / 32 teams = $100M cap
unless the new teams are generating more than $200m (in this example), they aren't making the cap higher