Comments on: More specifics regarding the owners’ latest CBA offer

By: lostpuppysyndrome

lostpuppysyndrome — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:38:44 +0000

You could look at it that way, or you could say it potentially protects less wealthy/stingier owners from a handful of extremely wealthy owners. All it took under the last CBA was one owner willing to shell out way more than others would be willing to spend in order to lure in a player (for the most part) and put him out of reach for the rest of the league. Owners were basically forced to overspend just to try to sign top end talent. You think Nashville wanted to spend that kind of money on Weber? That being said, there’s nothing in this new proposal restricting an owner from laying out a 5 yr $75mil contract if they want to pay it either. However, it should make them think a bit harder if they are tempted to do so.

By: lostpuppysyndrome

lostpuppysyndrome — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:29:30 +0000

“TSN also reports that each year’s variance would be limited to five percent, thus closing up the loophole where teams tack on seasons at drastically lower salaries at the end of a contract to drive cap hits down.” Wow, 5%? I thought it would be 50-75% would be asking enough but this sounds good too, especially for the players. Granted, most of these details aside from the revenue split were already agreed upon during those meetings when HRR wasn’t being discussed anyway. This proposal looks pretty reasonable so far.

By: capsrockva

capsrockva — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:55:25 +0000

I just want hockey to resume

By: eugenesaxe

eugenesaxe — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:56:50 +0000

Just like the new NBA deal. Funny how it didn’t stop owners from handing out stupid deals.

By: muckthefets

muckthefets — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:58:50 +0000

I may just have my buddy who’s an anathesiologist put me in a medically induced coma until a deal gets done. I can’t take much more of this waiting crap.

By: joeyashwi

joeyashwi — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:52:52 +0000

So the main language in new proposal is to protect owners from themselves…hmmm….