Dazzle Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Players don't pay as much tax as the article makes it out to be. It doesn't work that way. Also, pride has a lot to do with it. If Crosby is making $9M Ovechkin would want as much, just because he wants to make as much as someone who he sees as his equal (for argument's sake). If Washington is the only team (again for argument's sake) willing to offer that much, then he'll stay there even if tax is a bit higher. Would Vrbata come here for $2.5M even if he doesn't have to pay taxes? I doubtt it. It's well known that some BC born players like Kariya have purposefully avoided playing in Vancouver due to the immense amount of pressure and/or taxes. Of course, players won't openly discuss why they would avoid a certain destination. (For Kariya, this was obvious; we even had his little brother here for a few stints but that wasn't enough for Paul to come over.) Yet, for every city, even the small market hockey cities, the players, when they arrive there, always say something positive about it, regardless of how they got there. (Through waivers/signings, trades etc) Vancouver's got really moderate temperature as far as Canada is concerned, though it is very expensive to live. There's all kinds of incentives to play for this team. Vrbata mentioned specfically that he's excited to play for the Twins (as he was probably - I'm speculating here - somewhat promised that he would be the first candidate to try out with the Sedins). He could easily say the same thing if, say, he landed in Pittsburgh with Crosby or Washington & Ovechkin. Some players just want to play hockey. After all, every city has its pros and cons. Vancouver can't possibly be the worst choice that's out there. Some players prefer the Western Conference, others want the East. Furthermore, you may be taxed more heavily now but perhaps your opportunities open up later, if say he explodes with the Twins offensively. His contract isn't that long here in Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Interesting read thanks for sharing! I know this would never happen but imagine how stacked our teams would get. Bc government should remove the taxes for canucks, lions and whitecaps PLAYERS. (not sure if there is even a cap in soccer... If not then disregard whitecaps) Instead of taxing the players, tax the team an extra 20%. This way the athletes save 49% and the team loses 20 percent. But that 20 percent would turn around in profit eventually from the success each team would have. This would definitely make both the lions and canucks much stronger since they'll have almost twice the cap space as all other franchises. The owners wouldn't mind paying at extra 20 percent because if they do actually get twice the cap as other competitors then they'll definitely be Stanley or grey cup contenders almost every year. And yes I do understand the tax payers lose 29 percent in all of this. But this will eventually generate far more tax dollars generated than the 29 percent of the players salary that the city loses. Canucks cap is what? 65 million. City would lose 29 percent of the which is 18.85 million but that's a tiny price to pay for increased tax revenue from playoff runs , restaurants being packed, more seats sold... Etc. No brainer. For example: we could sign the twins for 4 million rather than 7 . Since they would only collect 48 percent of the 7 million in a city like LA . They would make the full 4 with 4 caphit instead of 3.36 in LA when they sing for 7 Can I be mayor please?You're a big fan of the feudal system, aren't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Considering its us the fans watching on TV, buying the merchandize, and paying the crazy ticket prices. Sounds like more BS 1% complaining about taxes. Garbage report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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