Edmonton is No Good XII: "I Dunno.. it's Just Not Good."

[McG]

Originally Posted by bc-chris

but when mctantrum changed agents that was fine?


what a dumb tweet

didn't just change agents...he hired him as team president!

[Otto-matic]

Originally Posted by Brupal

Stu Skinner’s family received death threats.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/stua...dmonton-oilers

Oilers fans are deplorable. E=NG

Those X Flames fans aren't any better IMO. The hostile group who all regurgitate the same catch phrases and call you a boomer when you disagree with them, the constant tagging of players & most likely their wives in their stupid green M&M brigade all season.

[Shazam]

Edmonton fans have strange look.

[White Out 403]

Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but apparently, the Edmonton Oilers are profiting from the Colby Cave donations and soaking the charity for their own business expenses after a certain amount? Am I reading this right from Reddit?

[White Out 403]

[Reggie Dunlop]

Whoa!

Apparently this is legit, the Oilers stealing from a charity*... a children's charity at that!

*allegedly

That's right up there with stiffing a homeless shelter!

Dickensian... in a bad, evil way!

[the-rasta-masta]

Don’t worry they’ve got Bowman on the team. He knows a little bit about covering up scandals in the playoffs, if there’s ever a concern.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Stealing from widows, underprivileged children and the homeless!

[topfiverecords]

That organization never fails to repeatedly go to lowe places.

[White Out 403]

What a disgusting organization. Are they trying to make their brand comic book villain?

[Reggie Dunlop]

A some point the league will need to step in as the Oilers organization tarnishes their overall reputation. It tarnishes the Stanley Cup as well. I would immediately suspend the Edmonton Oilers from the playoffs pending a lengthy investigation.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta

Don’t worry they’ve got Bowman on the team. He knows a little bit about covering up scandals in the playoffs, if there’s ever a concern.

Ohhhh that’s why they hired them. It makes sense now.

[GhostCookie]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Whoa!

Apparently this is legit, the Oilers stealing from a charity*... a children's charity at that!

*allegedly

That's right up there with stiffing a homeless shelter!

Dickensian... in a bad, evil way!

The fun part of things like this is that it allows the light to shine other places as well. I have seen a number of people discussing the Oilers 50/50 as being less than reputable and it turns out that its just another way to funnel money to the greasers

https://www.charityintelligence.ca/c...ity-foundation

Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation 50/50 lottery and transactions with Associated Parties

EOCF’s largest source of revenue is from its 50/50 lottery. The Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation runs the largest 50/50 lottery of all North American professional sports teams. Edmonton’s record jackpot was $16.1 million.

The size of the Edmonton Oilers 50/50 lottery and its unique structure with associated parties deserves greater discussion. In F2024, 50/50 ticket sales were $102.4 million. The winner of the game day ticket gets half the prize money. In F2024, EOCF paid out $51.3 million to winners.

EOCF’s lottery structure is unique. Less of 50/50 proceeds go to charity and community grants than in other lotteries. EOCF pays 28% of 50/50 ticket sales for “licensing and rights” to a private company called Win50 that is controlled by “the shareholder of the Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club”. In F2024, $28.3 million of 50/50 ticket sales was paid to this private company. In F2024, of the $102.4 million in 50/50 tickets sales, EOCF received 20% or $20.1 million.

These payment ratios have remained constant since F2022. From F2022 through F2024, EOCF's 50/50 ticket sales total $232.2m. $64.2m has been paid to Win50, the private company, and $45.5m went to EOCF to grant to local charities and hockey programs.

In F2023, EOCF signed another license agreement with an entity controlled by “the shareholder of the EOHC” called Ice District Fan Park. In F2023, EOCF paid $2.8m (and $0.3m in F2024) to renovate the Fan Park, a venue owned by Ice District Fan Park. To host events at the Fan Park, EOCF will pay fees. In F2024 EOCF paid $87k in license fees for six events at the Fan Park. This license agreement ends in 2027. EOCF will not have access to use the Fan Park unless the license agreement is renewed.

E truly does = NG, a universal constant from the big bang to the heat death of the universe.

[Samonadreau]

It doesnt matter, no one in the mainstream media will care or do anything. The talking heads will only talk about it after someone like Rick Westhead makes it so they cant ignore it.

[Cappy]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

I don't know why players might change their agents so there could be other reasons, but if he was unhappy with that contract, he didn't need to sign it. It was fair money for what he did up until then and short enough. There is no way that he would have popped in Edmonton.

He signed a better deal than the Oilers could offer, and went from single digit points per season to be a 30 goal, 60 point player the next year on a playoff team.

I cannot imagine Holloway is upset he signed the contract to STL.

Perhaps changing agents to line up his extension or UFA

[Groot]

Originally Posted by GhostCookie

The fun part of things like this is that it allows the light to shine other places as well. I have seen a number of people discussing the Oilers 50/50 as being less than reputable and it turns out that its just another way to funnel money to the greasers

https://www.charityintelligence.ca/c...ity-foundation

E truly does = NG, a universal constant from the big bang to the heat death of the universe.

Apparently it's been well-known in Edmonton for a while and it's even worse than the charity intelligence report. From a reddit thread yesterday talking about Colby Cave...

They only give a maximum of $150k to the charity/cause/fundraiser for the 50/50. The rest goes to the OCF (see: millions of dollars a game), and is then used to fund players expenses, pay board members, and pay the mascot.

Source?

You can search all registered charities through CRA. They have their financials disclosed. It’s crazy what they are doing.

For June 2024, $104,943,769 non tax receipted income (only $471k receipted); $28,351,379 expensed on licenses, memberships and dues, $54,070,921 on “other expenditures”. There was $86,536,009 in total expenditures. Of that, only $1,716,715 was on charitable activities; $83,497,321 was spent on fundraising. I don’t know how CRA allows these to operate.

Just another reason to despise that garbage franchise.

[taxbuster]

Originally Posted by GhostCookie

The fun part of things like this is that it allows the light to shine other places as well. I have seen a number of people discussing the Oilers 50/50 as being less than reputable and it turns out that its just another way to funnel money to the greasers

https://www.charityintelligence.ca/c...ity-foundation




E truly does = NG, a universal constant from the big bang to the heat death of the universe.

If the info from Charity Intelligence is correct, it seems fairly likely that CRA would take an interest in establishing whether the purpose(s) of such payments were, indeed, charitable, and in accordance with provisions of the Income Tax Act.

[Reggie Dunlop]

It starts with Crooked Katz at the top and goes all the way down to the kid selling the Bobby Nick Burgers.

The "drop" in their team logo represents a festering pustule of chicanery, malfeasance and nogoodedness!

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by White Out 403

What a disgusting organization. Are they trying to make their brand comic book villain?

Hopefully the Stelter family isn't working too closely with the Oilers. Someone should warn them.

[midniteowl]

What a garbage organization owned by garbage owner employing garbage staff.