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Islanders Deserve Some Of The Revenue Sharing Pie
by Paul on 02/01/09 at 08:12 AM ET
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from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,
...because NHL owners couldn’t bear the prospect of giving a portion of their revenue-share money to the Blackhawks back in 2005 when Bill Wirtz was doing his very best to drive his historic franchise into the ground, they concocted a clause in the CBA that prohibits teams in television markets with more than 2.5 million homes from eligibility to participate in Bettman’s socialism.
It is a clause that disqualifies the Islanders, even though they are about as big-market as Edmonton, and far more needy. It’s a clause that discriminates against the Islanders, even though they are as much in need of aid as the Coyotes, who are receiving advances from the NHL even while employing the top-paid coach in the league.
more and a few more hockey topics too…
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The Islanders don’t qualify for revenue sharing yet the league doesn’t want them to be part of the Winter Classic if it were to be held at Yankee Stadium either (strange considering the outdoor game was their idea years ago and laughed at by the NHL marketing geniuses). So they are a large market team that is not allowed to use the very market they are in becasue it is not in the NHL’s bet interest.
Posted by Hockey1919 from Montreal on 02/02/09 at 09:45 AM ET