Wednesday, October 17, 2012

NHL Offers Players a 50-50 Division of Revenue

But the NHL's offer was met with cautious optimism by NHL players, with Blues forward David Backes explaining why he's leaning heavily on the cautious side. Mostly because there was so much ground to make up between the two sides. "Their first offerThe NHL on Tuesday made a new proposal to the players' association that should provide a basis for accelerated negotiations and is centered on a 50-50 split of hockey-related revenues, contingent on a full, 82-game schedule being played starting Nov. 2.The big news coming out of the NHL lockout talks on Tuesday was that the league had presented the players association with a new offer. The offer, if the tweets from TSN insider Darren Dreger are to be believed, is a far cry from the original offer theBut the NHL's offer was met with cautious optimism by NHL players, with Blues forward David Backes explaining why he's leaning heavily on the cautious side. Mostly because there was so much ground to make up between the two sides. "Their first offerFinally. After watching 34 days pass without a new proposal being offered from either side in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement, the NHL stepped up on Tuesday morning and gave the whole labor process a jumpstart. Commissioner Gary
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