Tragoedia Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Seattle is ripe for a new team. That would be a start. Certain cities have proven unable to find success, both as a team, and as a fanbase, and have been a disaster for the league. Columbus and Phoenix two name two. Also part of the problem with having two Florida teams is that they cut into eachothers fanbase, which is a problem for a market with already a small fanbase as it is. Another city to consider is Las Vegas. It sounds crazy, but the amount of tourists who come through the city, would possibly be possible to support a team, along with the standard Nevada fanbase that they would build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neufy161 Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 Seattle is ripe for a new team. That would be a start. Certain cities have proven unable to find success, both as a team, and as a fanbase, and have been a disaster for the league. Columbus and Phoenix two name two. Also part of the problem with having two Florida teams is that they cut into eachothers fanbase, which is a problem for a market with already a small fanbase as it is. Another city to consider is Las Vegas. It sounds crazy, but the amount of tourists who come through the city, would possibly be possible to support a team, along with the standard Nevada fanbase that they would build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggins Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 This is why Betman is so U.S. focused, because the number of fans per capita are way lower then in Canada. U.S. Stanley cup champions, U.S. Winter Classic events, attract attention to this league in such an untapped market that its slowly building the fan base higher and higher, and as a result its making the league more and more profitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neufy161 Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 The reason Bettman is US focused is that was the mandate he was given by the owners when he was hired. His mandate was expansion to gain national TV network contracts in the US. It's difficult to sell networks on national coverage of a sport that isn't national. Which is why non-traditional cities were selected. The issue is it can take decades to build a solid fan base in those conditions. In Arizona there's more than ten times the number of children under 12 playing hockey now than there was prior to the Coyotes setting up in Phoenix. Which indicates it can work. But it does take a great deal of time. The owners with money started killing their own agenda by offering huge contracts and piling up a budget those new teams couldn't compete with. It very difficult to compete on the ice when you can't afford what other teams are spending. It's difficult to generate fan interest with a losing team. In comes a salary cap so those teams can indeed compete. But the league revenue goes up considerably more than anticipated and the poorer teams again are having difficulty matching what other teams are spending. To make matters worse, those wealthy owners come up with creative ways to circumvent the cap giving those poorer teams a second solid kick to the gonads. The solution should be a 12% rollback on player wages and salary cap and that extra revenue goes to the league to boost the revenue sharing fund to help those poorer teams develop their markets and compete. Also put an end to "creative contracts". Meaning a limit on length and also the amount the money drops from the the first year to the last. Those holes open to cap circumvention need to be closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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