CNBC - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on state of the league: The game has never been better
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Bixby Snyder
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To be fair, Bettman is conveying to the public what the BoG believes to be true.
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The assertion that the result of the tarrifs is going to be a widening gap in the exchange rate is ... interesting. These tarrifs, as the bolsheviks at the Wall Street Journal have noted, are dumb, and the ongoing chaos isn't good for anyone who isn't in the chaos business. So, there will be implications to the that nonsense without question, but anyone who claims to know for certainty what those implications are - purely from a currency standpoint - is a bald-face liar.
I wonder about the impact of this discord on the league's suppliers, who will likely get hit at one point or another, by increased costs, and while I don't think those direct costs will significantly alter the business model of franchises whose primary costs are player salaries, I do wonder about the impact of those potential costs on minor league teams, where the margins are considerably smaller. And while I'm not prone to hyperbole or fear-mongering, political instability leads to social disruption as well, and if people are feeling nervous - as a lot of Canadians are - things like sports suddenly take a back seat.
I wonder about the impact of this discord on the league's suppliers, who will likely get hit at one point or another, by increased costs, and while I don't think those direct costs will significantly alter the business model of franchises whose primary costs are player salaries, I do wonder about the impact of those potential costs on minor league teams, where the margins are considerably smaller. And while I'm not prone to hyperbole or fear-mongering, political instability leads to social disruption as well, and if people are feeling nervous - as a lot of Canadians are - things like sports suddenly take a back seat.
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No shit.
I was extremely surprised the league was already announcing cap gains for this year and beyond. Were they not even paying attention to what was going on in the real world? Or were they just being completely ignorant and hoping it wouldn't affect them?
I hope the league takes a massive hit.
I was extremely surprised the league was already announcing cap gains for this year and beyond. Were they not even paying attention to what was going on in the real world? Or were they just being completely ignorant and hoping it wouldn't affect them?
I hope the league takes a massive hit.
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