Posts About "Revenue Sharing"

The Lockout: A Guide to NHL Work Stoppages for all Sports Fans

November 10th, 2012 I think it’s safe to say that for the average sports fan who enjoys following hockey, the articles about the current NHL lockout read like the DSM-IV-TR (a book that I can only assume most of us have either never opened or would not be able to understand even if we did open it). Let me say that I am the first person to enter into a...

NHL Lockout 2012: Revenue Sharing Is the Key to Labor Peace

October 29th, 2012 How does the National Hockey League earn a record $3.3 billion in revenue and yet most of its teams lose money? The answer is the lack of a revenue sharing program that helps out all 30 NHL teams. This article certainly isn't the first published work that argues this point. While the two sides have been hung up on the share of hockey...

NHL Lockout: Is Revenue Sharing The Answer?

September 25th, 2012 With a new CBA looking more and more like a pipe dream, one wonders if the owners (who want the players to take less in order off-set costs) or the players (who want the top revenue earning teams to share with the bottom feeders) will win the battle? In each case the solutions offered by the owners and players fails to address the...

Ryan Suter Watch: Nashville's "Big Three" Update

November 17th, 2011 When I first joined The Hockey Writers earlier this year, number six on my Top 10 Things to Look Forward to in the Nashville Predators 2011-2012 Season was "That one post that turns out to be the worst bit of journalism in history that sets Nashville fans ablaze for weeks." I don't presume to speak for the rest of Preds Nation, but...

Data Driving Nashville Predators Ticket Sales Strategy

October 6th, 2011 The Nashville Predators have CEO Jeff Cogen to thank for new data-driven approaches to building impenetrable balance sheets and legions of new fans with strong ticket sales. Any new American hockey market eventually finds itself in a frustrating position: awaiting the generational turn, the time when the fans who were children at the...