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Originally Posted by Jay Random
There was, in fact, a CBA negotiation back in 2020, which resulted in the existing CBA being extended until 2026. There were no compliance buyouts, because there was nothing new to comply with.
I don't think it's a sure thing that there will be compliance buyouts in the future. It happened in 2005 because the players' share of HRR was capped at 57% (it had been somewhere around 70). It happened in 2013 because the players' share was cut to 50%. I don't think the owners are willing to lose revenue to a lockout on the chance of going lower than that.
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Yes, the give then was that the players would have multiple years to payback what they owed under the CBA due to COVID and in fact would continue to receive most of their money regardless of HRR over the next couple years. There was no need for compliance buyouts because that was the financial give to the players.
The owners are going to want things, whether it is closing NCAA loopholes, reduced NTC/NMC, tightening of what is considered HRR, continued exclusion of franchise value of the hockey team as having any relationship to HRR. They will have something or some things. I suspect the give they give the players to try to get these things is more money in the short term, it has been the traditional carrot.