Did you hear about the recent story of the old-timers wanting to play for the Stanley Cup? There was a court hearing in Canada; where a group of men wanted to play for Lord Stanley's cup. Their argument was this: That Lord Stanley's intention was not strictly for the NHL to play for the cup, it was meant for all of competitive hockey. And since there is no NHL playing, that someone else should be eligible to play for the glory of the Cup.
I don't know if they will/or have gotten a ruling on this, but it brings about a good point. Why not organize another situation for the cup to be awarded? Although the NHL has a deal with the owners of the Stanley cup as far as rights go.
Commercial sports and the industry of sport has come a long way since the early days of competition for the Stanley cup, or any other sporting trophy/award. A long way doesn't necessarily mean a long way in a good sense either.
If they could revert the sports pay-scale back to olden days. Pay each player a similar salary, not the same obviously, but at least "in the same ballpark" . Then you get bonuses for performance, similar to today, but not that grand over-the-top scale. Go to shorter contract lengths so the players have to play for something besides a cup, you have to play to keep your job. Just brainstorming here. Sporting in general definitely needs to make some changes in the next few years. Not just the NHL.
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Jim: I must admit your idea concerning the NHL has some merit. Performance based incentives are great, but it will be very difficult for a Union to agree to such incentives. This is why the PGA Tour is so great. One year a guy could make 5 or 6 million, the next he could make nothing. Does it get any better than that. SP
no it doesn't indeed. They should scrap the players union, they all have agents anyway, Why do you need 2 sets of "agents" to do the negotiations and work?? so more people can tap into the $$ i suppose. it's a wasteful situation to me.
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