TSN: Latest NHLPA dispute described as a ‘witch hunt’

[deeshamrock]

http://www.tsn.ca/latest-nhlpa-dispute-described-as-a-witch-hunt-1.791728

Pretty interesting article on some issues brewing in the NHLPA...

stems from a meeting held tues in Toronto with 30 players in attendance

After months of rumblings that a group of player agents are upset with the NHL Players’ Association’s leadership, the dispute described by a union source as a “witch hunt†spilled into the open on Tuesday during the union’s annual meeting.

A rep from the NHLPA and one of their lawyers identified 3 agents as misleading their clients

From Allan Walsh...

"Most of the noise right now is agent-driven, coming from three agents with a false sense of self-importance attempting to undermine NHLPA leadership.

one of the agents is Ritch Winter- shocker!!

They are pushing for Chris CHelios to come on board

from Anton Thun, on of the 3 agents on his clients concerns

“Low HRR growth, high escrow, a failure to successfully negotiate Olympic participation in 2018, losses in HRR arbitrations and the failure to achieve revenue and player share targets from the World Cup of Hockey have opened the eyes of many NHL players. They are asking questions and struggling for answers why.â€Â

One of the main issues stems from a meeting with players from the Anaheim Ducks requested with a former Union consultant on Mar 17 when they were on the road in Buffalo. They were concerned with some teams under reporting revenue. There were others concerns as well.

Chelios had some questions including why the players who played in the World Cup in Sept haven't been paid yet. and

- Why was it so hard for players to get information from the NHLPA, details such as the salary of the union’s full-time employees and contractors, as well as information about claims pursued by the union against NHL teams suspected of underreporting their revenue?

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[Bandit]

What's 'a ‘witch hunt’' ?

That's crazy that the players haven't been paid for the world cup yet.

 

[Reclamation Project]

Am I the only one noticing the hieroglyphics on this site???

 

[Fishhead]

Am I the only one noticing the hieroglyphics on this site???

Nope, it showed up not too long ago (maybe a week?). It's probably those 3 agents doing it.

 

[Reclamation Project]

Plus the pages load weird for me. I tell you the Russians are hacking our humble hockey forum!

 

[Statto]

Am I the only one noticing the hieroglyphics on this site???

Looks like an issue with the character sets being used by the site. Maybe something was changed a week or so back, which was when I first noticed it.

 

[Reclamation Project]

It varies, one article posted was unreadable.

 

[tsanuri]

It's doing something with the apostrophe.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

It's destroyed my user title. Edit: well that part seems fixed

Also man, fun in the NHLPA.

 

[kingsholygrail]

The NHLPA reeks with corruption, but that's not too surprising. They're no better than the owners, honestly.

 

[Rorschach]

The characters stem from the website forum engine not handling single quotes correctly. Single quotes are stored differently (as those weird chars you see) in the SQL database (probably MySQL) and need to be converted back into ASCII single quotes. That conversion is not happening.

 

[Keith Sweaty]

And yet, everyone is making a very nice living... looking forward to the lockout.

 

[KINGS17]

And yet, everyone is making a very nice living... looking forward to the lockout.