The Messenger said:
The problem I have is the Bettman is making the Cap more then it is intended for .. and tying it to League Revenue ..
Ummmmm.... demonize Bettman all you like, but he's only one part of one side negotiating a CBA....
The Messenger said:
my Leafs for example have to only use 30% of their revenue for the teams yet the fans have to play 3 and 4 times at the gate to see equal teams on the ice .. Why does it cost $25 bucks to see a game in Pittsburgh and $200 in Toronto if both teams have similar payrolls ?? and the only difference is the arena they play the game in ?? That's not parity ??
I thought you were an accountant??
The Leaves (or any sports team) will charge whatever the market can bear. You pay " $200 in Toronto" because you agree that's a fair price to pay to cheer your Leaves. That's very fundamental supply & demand.....
In your last few posts, you have been..... complaining...... that payroll-parity will not equate to ticket-price-parity. The other side of this coin you keep flipping is "
If I must pay more in Toronto, I demand a relatively higher team payroll".
Don't you get it, that's the exact mentality that started this big lockout mess in the first place!
IMESHO you need to come to grips with this reality: You are going to pay relatively more money for your Leaf tix than fans in a lot of other cities regardless of how much payroll parity is established.
There's no point whining about it.....
But at least your Leaves can spend any excess dough on the very best coaches, trainers, doctors, scouts, minor-leaguers, security, office-staff, etc.....
The Messenger said:
Its not the fault of the big market teams that the smaller ones don't have money ..
Yes it is.
The big market teams drove up salaries to a point where the "smaller ones" ran outta dough.
The Messenger said:
That is Bettmans job since he expanded into markets he should also have made profit sharing which isn't a CBA issue according to Brian Burke a part of expansion ..
The big-market teams wanted expansion. Expansion was well under way pre-Bettman. Then they hired Bettman and handed him a mandate: Continue this expansion.