Gary Bettman, 2015: "Fans aren't interested in this kind of thing"
It boggles the mind at how narrow minded the NHL is on this. They could easily make their own site considering the demand both from fans and actual NHL teams. Instead they are resistant to sites like Capfriendly.
It boggles the mind at how narrow minded the NHL is on this. They could easily make their own site considering the demand both from fans and actual NHL teams. Instead they are resistant to sites like Capfriendly.
I mean if this is the opinion of the league then they are incredibly out of touch. A lot of fans clearly LOVE having this data available. Why take it away from them?
It boggles the mind at how narrow minded the NHL is on this. They could easily make their own site considering the demand both from fans and actual NHL teams. Instead they are resistant to sites like Capfriendly.
Gary Bettman, 2015: "Fans aren't interested in this kind of thing"
Bettman: NHL won’t publish player salaries, not sure fans care
“I don’t think it’s a resource we need to provide because I’m not sure fans are as focused on what players make as they are about their performance on the ice,” he said.sports.yahoo.com
Extreme fan interest contributes to lucrative private enterprise filling the gap
Gary Bettman 2024: "We don't publish these things, it's none of the fans' business. This is a principled stance, not a justification to excuse my error."
Your answer is in the 2 tweets you quoted.I mean if this is the opinion of the league then they are incredibly out of touch. A lot of fans clearly LOVE having this data available. Why take it away from them?
That's a big assumption.So was Capgeek. Another one will replace it pronto. Just like when a dark market goes down.
There is probably already a Capfreindly wanna be out there waiting for this moment
I thought General Fanager was one at one point
It's crazy, the NHL has so many inherent advantages that private sites couldn't offer due to being the league. Investment would be low and pay off high. It's like they have a empty net in front of them and are refusing to shoot into it.They are so unconscionably dense. Build a damn site, offer some features the public sites can't match, hell, incorporate the data into fantasy hockey with a buy-in, and people will literally give you money to play around in the sandbox. They're straight up leaving money on the table because they're arrogant and paranoid.
It's sad but I think somewhere in 2008-2010 range the game changed for me . As watching Quebec City getting denied a team many times.. Then those gimmick all star games attempts.the NHL is such a clown show, I hate it, it will be lower than the MLS before long. this is 100% spitting in the face of the most engaged fans the sport has.
Theyve certainly pushed me away. If I wasnt 10 years deep in a dynasty league I would probably be barely following this league right now.the NHL does a good job trying to push fans away from the sport.
It reminds me of that tax meme..It wouldn’t be the NHL if things were transparent.
Someone earlier in the thread had a good idea, the NHLPA should buy an existing site or develop their own if the league won't do it.If you're a player or a players agent, you are absolutely pissed off right now that the league is pivoting to make player salaries confidential. Make no mistake, this is a blatantly obvious move to suppress player salary increases while the cap is rising because all they are doing is making it more difficult for players and agents to track market changes to negotiate based on comparables. CapFriendly made that process easy and public, and now time that could have been spent getting players their fair share will now need to be spent trying to get the information they already had before. And to further complicate things, that same information will likely be shared among teams internally to give owners an advantage at the negotiating table. It's so blatantly anti-competitive it boggles the mind they're even trying it.
This kind of shit will lead to a player strike when the CBA runs out. And it should piss all of us fans off knowing that ticket, merchandise and concession prices are skyrocketing across the league and now there is no way for owners to be publicly held accountable for holding up their end of the bargain by spending to the cap for competitive teams.