Chelios
Registered User
With all the talk of the CBA today I have been doing some thinking and think that I might have an Idea that could work for both sides.
First of all I honestly don`t think the NHLPA is so ignorant as to think that they can continue enjoying 75% of revenues as they are supposedly getting today. I also don`t think that the players honestly believe the numbers given by the NHL are accurate, which leads me to my solution: The NHL and NHLPA form a joint committee to investigate the financial state of the NHL. The committee would consist of an equal amount of people from each side, as well as impartial outside experts and they would do a complete audit of every single NHL team as well as the NHL organization itself. After both sides are satisfied with the numbers given by the committee they can begin to work on a deal using the numbers obtained by the joint comittee.
I believe that the best way to obtain a stable and prosperous league is to have a tangible link between the revenues and player costs so that everyone involved will know what to expect every season depending on the revenues from the last season. The bulk of the negotiations can then be concentrated on the % allocated to player cost (somewhere between 50 and 60% as in every other major sport) along with other issues such as free agency, rookie salaries and arbitration.
I realize that this sounds an awful lot like the NHL`s proposal today but I truely believe that the biggest stumbling block in the negotiations is the mistrust between the union and the NHL. With a joint comittee conducting a study both sides should be satisfied with the true financial state of the league and there would be more trust, and hence, better negotiations and hopefully a new CBA.
Flame away
First of all I honestly don`t think the NHLPA is so ignorant as to think that they can continue enjoying 75% of revenues as they are supposedly getting today. I also don`t think that the players honestly believe the numbers given by the NHL are accurate, which leads me to my solution: The NHL and NHLPA form a joint committee to investigate the financial state of the NHL. The committee would consist of an equal amount of people from each side, as well as impartial outside experts and they would do a complete audit of every single NHL team as well as the NHL organization itself. After both sides are satisfied with the numbers given by the committee they can begin to work on a deal using the numbers obtained by the joint comittee.
I believe that the best way to obtain a stable and prosperous league is to have a tangible link between the revenues and player costs so that everyone involved will know what to expect every season depending on the revenues from the last season. The bulk of the negotiations can then be concentrated on the % allocated to player cost (somewhere between 50 and 60% as in every other major sport) along with other issues such as free agency, rookie salaries and arbitration.
I realize that this sounds an awful lot like the NHL`s proposal today but I truely believe that the biggest stumbling block in the negotiations is the mistrust between the union and the NHL. With a joint comittee conducting a study both sides should be satisfied with the true financial state of the league and there would be more trust, and hence, better negotiations and hopefully a new CBA.
Flame away