Jets - internal salary cap?

[barrywpg]

The salary cap is going up big time in each of the next 3 years - by 27-28 it will be $163million Can - and with Trump for the next 4 years the Can dollar might be even worse.

I know the cap is 50% of revenue but has the Jets revenue increased at the same rate as overall revenues? Also know David Thomson is one of the richest men in the world , but I don't buy the argument that insulates the Jets from any revenue shortcomings. I always felt his interest in TNSE was more of a real estate play than a hockey one. The super rich didn't get that way by losing money.

Do you think the Jets will keep spending to the max? I'm unsure at best.

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[HighFlyingJets]

Highly doubt we spend to the Cap, but may be somewhere in the middle of the floor and ceiling. I'm afraid this revelation will price Connor out of WPG. His ask may be $12-14M+/year

 

[FlappyGiraffe]

Highly doubt we spend to the Cap, but may be somewhere in the middle of the floor and ceiling. I'm afraid this revelation will price Connor out of WPG. His ask may be $12-14M+/year

I hope we'd find a way to keep our stars and move middle of the lineup guys making good money like Nino/Appleton instead to replace with ELCs.

Either way it will be important to start keeping more draft picks moving forward so we can have a steady pipeline of low salary depth.

 

[cbcwpg]

 

[gojetsgo]

 

[Flair Hay]

Guess the best thing we can do about it is line those pockets a bit up front by winning a round or two this spring...

 

[gojetsgo]

if they adjust revenue sharing for smaller markets + expanding which has been rumored and a new canadian tv deal it could help with us spending to the cap for the next few years especially if we have a couple deep playoff runs

 

[Huffer]

I think the Jets org has done a very good job in keeping their word to this point about spending to the cap when the team is contending. At some point though I'd have to think that it would be very difficult for the Jets to keep spending to the Cap (withstanding any new changes to increase revenue sharing).

When is that time I guess is the question and can increased revenue sharing delay it?

 

[Whis]

Revenue sharing is going to be massive. Plus new TV deal and future expansion money should save us for a bit.

The people that hate salary cap are going to love this because we will finally see a big gap between what teams are spending. It's Leafs/Habs/New York season.

 

[voyageur]

I think the Jets org has done a very good job in keeping their word to this point about spending to the cap when the team is contending. At some point though I'd have to think that it would be very difficult for the Jets to keep spending to the Cap (withstanding any new changes to increase revenue sharing).

When is that time I guess is the question and can increased revenue sharing delay it?

The Jets aren't the only ones though.

I'd say their revenues are very close to what Nashville and St. Louis bring in, Anaheim and San Jose too, though the Cdn dollar going in the shitter changes the competitive balance.

I give it at least 3 years before the alarm bells go off, and the league outgrows Winnipeg again, if the two factors (the Cap and the dollar) keep going in opposite directions.

Revenue sharing might be the saving grace for us. Something that did not exist in 1995-1996.

 

[KingBogo]

The salary cap is going up big time in each of the next 3 years - by 27-28 it will be $163million Can - and with Trump for the next 4 years the Can dollar might be even worse.

I know the cap is 50% of revenue but has the Jets revenue increased at the same rate as overall revenues? Also know David Thomson is one of the richest men in the world , but I don't buy the argument that insulates the Jets from any revenue shortcomings. I always felt his interest in TNSE was more of a real estate play than a hockey one. The super rich didn't get that way by losing money.

Do you think the Jets will keep spending to the max? I'm unsure at best.

I think TNSE will play it year by year. The world is very unpredictable at this point in history and any number of world events could throw chaos into any predictions. The NHL can predict steady growth, but they cannot control if it actually happens.

 

[raideralex99]

 

[Hunter368]

League better balance out the revenue sharing to help about 20 ish teams a lot or this will very quickly become a 8-10 team league and the rest of the teams just become feeder teams for the ones who have big revenue. If they don’t balance it out well, NHL isn’t worth watching anymore.

 

[bustamente]

These new cap numbers are going to cause problems for the Canadian teams if the dollar drops significantly.

 

[Jets 31]

That's a amazing jump in salary cap . I know we all fear it going up too much here in Winnipeg but i haven't seen many games this season in other markets were their arena is completely full , far from it actually. Winnipeg actually has alot of money backing them with Thomson but i doubt many owners will be happy if they are losing money every year.

 

[Arthur Fonzarelli]

What’s the point of this thread other than to insinuate the Jets have an internal cap.

True North have been spending to the cap max every season since they became perennial contenders. It’s been virtually a full decade now.

Take this thread back to our rebuilding years where it belongs.

Aren’t we past this?

 

[Gm0ney]

$95.5M cap means a midpoint around $83M maybe and a floor of $70.5M? So total Hockey Related Revenues of $5.3B? Per team that's $166M in HRR on average.

Jets regular season gate is probably $50M - $60M USD. Say another $40M from everything else local (ads, regional TV/radio, concessions, merch, government subsidies, etc.). So $90M to $100M USD. $66M in shared revenue to break even on the cap midpoint.

League shared revenues would need to be about ~$2.1B? National TV deals, overall merchandise, the league's playoff cut, special events (outdoor games etc.), large market profit sharing?

 

[raideralex99]

That's a amazing jump in salary cap . I know we all fear it going up too much here in Winnipeg but i haven't seen many games this season in other markets were their arena is completely full , far from it actually. Winnipeg actually has alot of money backing them with Thomson but i doubt many owners will be happy if they are losing money every year.

You are right attendance is down in a lot of places just look at the NBA their attendance is tanking down I heard 40% down. People don't have money to spend on entertainment like they use too but the owners are making money they are not stupid the question is how greedy are they?