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This Is Not A Partnership
by Paul on 07/12/07 at 05:24 PM ET
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from Al Strachan at Fox Sports,
If there is any doubt about the one-sided nature of this “partnership,” consider the recent statement by Ducks GM Brian Burke. Speaking to Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal, Burke insisted that the recent spate of big contracts didn’t mean that the owners had returned to their pre-lockout ways.
“We’re not back to where we were before the lockout because there is a cap and there’s a 20 percent cap on individual players you sign,” said Burke. “And if the money for players can’t be sustained by the industry, we’ll all get a rebate.”
Translation: First of all, we’ve put a limit on what we can pay any single “partner.” But even if we screw up and pay too much, the escrow amount will rise and the players, not the owners, get the bill.
That’s the NHL partnership. The owners spend. The players pay.
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