Comments on: NHLPA rep Adams: Bettman says CBA “needs to be closer” to NFL, NBA model

By: phillyphanatic76

phillyphanatic76 — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 22:39:36 +0000

He thinks he deserves $8mil a year but the players don’t.

By: greatminnesotasportsmind

greatminnesotasportsmind — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:15:34 +0000

The NHL needs a deal that resembles the NFL. They do need a hard cap both floor and ceiling. If you go to the NBA model, then you might as well fold 20 because only 10 team at most will ever have a chance at the Cup.

By: cosmoandmelovepens

cosmoandmelovepens — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:36:11 +0000

That’s because he can get paid to do nothing. Wait… He already does.

By: revansrevenant

revansrevenant — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:05:13 +0000

Gary Bettman loves lockouts more than he loves hockey.

By: sjsharks66

sjsharks66 — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:07:30 +0000

The NHL has a break out year as he wants to lock it out. I guess he already assumes its as big as the NBA or NFL.

You’re jumping ahead of yourself Gary. You want your pockets to get fatter, then don’t have a lockout and push hockey to the public more in the next 2 years.

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By: sippindasyzurp

sippindasyzurp — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:56:04 +0000

I think the NHL needs a reality check that it is not as big as the NBA and not even close to the NFL… Both those leagues have substantial TV contracts with revenues that are coming in from all over the globe…

My own thought is the owners of the big market teams are apprehensive to spread there revenue to the smaller teams because they feel like they are still going to be losing money anyway (and greed obviously).. I mean Nashville made it to the second round of the playoffs and still found a way to lose money!!

The contracts the NHL is handing out is close to NBA and NFL type contracts in terms of dollar value, and realistically they cannot afford that throughout a 30 team league, it just wont work, they do not bring in enough revenue as a league through TV and merchandise sales etc.. to justify handing out contracts of that magnitude…

Obviously the owners are to blame for handing out the massive contracts… But in my opinion the NHL is a league that should have no more than a 60 million dollar salary cap for each team with a 50-50 split in revenue and there should also be some sort of revenue stream available for teams that need to meet the bottom line… If not then some of these franchises need to fold and or be moved to a more profitable market, or else we will be going down this road of a lockout every 5 years.

By: bcsteele

bcsteele — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:33:56 +0000

Wow I just posted that below you..lol…must have been thinking the same thing at the same time…

By: bcsteele

bcsteele — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:33:04 +0000

Again, I don’t care what it takes just make sure they isn’t a lockout, so they better get to work. I know teams like Toronto or Philly aren’t going to like the idea of a revenue share but I’d (I’m not positive) think the check I’d write to teams like Florida and the like would be much smaller than the money wouldn’t make during a lock out.

Also, if they are going to roll back player saleries I want to see the same thing happen to Bettman and his crew.

By: elemeno89

elemeno89 — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:30:21 +0000

why doesn’t bettman take a salary roll back…