Enough of this tax nonsense already. The salary cap is already perfectly fair in that every team in the league is allowed to spend the same amount on its players. How much the government then takes from those players after they get paid is none of the league’s business or concern.
Is local income tax a factor that players might take into consideration when deciding on a destination or a contract? Sure it is. But it’s just one of many, and if you’re going to try to normalize for one such factor in the name of “fairness” then you’re going to have to normalize for all of them - otherwise there’s nothing “fair” about it.
Now if you don’t like the disincentive produced by your local tax rate and want to do something about it, rather than bitch endlessly on a hockey forum you might consider that the negative effects of higher taxes impact ALL workers and businesses, not just those in sports, and choose to elect leaders who will lower those tax rates. Or if you’re about to respond that your higher tax rate is actually a good thing because you support how that money is spent, you might consider that hockey players could very well agree with you, and stop bitching about how nobody will sign with your team because of it.
In short, just stop bitching.
