Ignis Fatus of the NHLPA
I'm writing out a big check to the NHL Players Association. It's a reality check.
The NHL is the least popular sports league of the big four. It derives the least revenue by far. There are a good number of people in the US who aren't even aware that the season is on hold. Yet, the players seem to think they have some sort of leverage.
Cash the check, fellas. You need some reality in your pockets.
If the NFL, the most popular US sport by leaps and bounds, needs cost certainty to maintain balance, the NHL needs about 75 times as much of it.
Reality is there will be cost certainty in the form of a salary cap in the NHL. It can be this year. It can be next year. It can be two years down the road. The NHL will have it and the NHLPA cannot do anything about it. You have no leverage.
If you won't accept a salary cap because it's good for the game, then accept it because you have no other choice. Accept reality.
I'm writing out a big check to the NHL Players Association. It's a reality check.
The NHL is the least popular sports league of the big four. It derives the least revenue by far. There are a good number of people in the US who aren't even aware that the season is on hold. Yet, the players seem to think they have some sort of leverage.
Cash the check, fellas. You need some reality in your pockets.
If the NFL, the most popular US sport by leaps and bounds, needs cost certainty to maintain balance, the NHL needs about 75 times as much of it.
Reality is there will be cost certainty in the form of a salary cap in the NHL. It can be this year. It can be next year. It can be two years down the road. The NHL will have it and the NHLPA cannot do anything about it. You have no leverage.
If you won't accept a salary cap because it's good for the game, then accept it because you have no other choice. Accept reality.
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