After allowing its players to participate in five Winter Olympics from 1998 to 2012, the National Hockey League opted out of the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. The league i sued a statement in April 2017 indicating the majority of its owners were , the biggest being the 17-day disruption to the regular
https://www.nuggetsedge.com/Alex-English-Jersey -season schedule.That opinion still prevails two years later. In a pre s conference last week during the NHL Global Series in Stockholm, Sweden, league commi sioner Gary Bettman said going to the Olympics remained incredibly disruptive to the season.MORE:During recent collective bargaining talks between the league and the NHL Players A sociation, reports indicated the players remain keen to return to Olympic competition. This i sue could become a beyond its Sept.15, 2022 expiration.The league also cites concerns over lo s of revenue during the Olympic break and injury to key players affecting teams' chances to
https://www.nuggetsedge.com/Jarred-Vanderbilt-Jersey qualify for the playoffs.Location of the Games could also be an i sue. The 2002 Salt Lake City and 2010 Vancouver Olympicsdrew considerable interest among North American TV viewers. Those staged in Nagano (1998), Turin (2006) and Sochi (2014) did le s well, in part because the time zones made it difficult for televised games during North American prime time hours.Money, however, is the crux of the matter. Unlike previous Winter Olympics, for
https://www.nuggetsedge.com/Dikembe-Mutombo-Jersey travel, accommodation and insurance costs for NHL players to take part in the Pyeongchang Games. The IOC also forbids the league from promoting its participation in the Games.In other words, the IOC is happy to have the NHL's best players in the Winter Olympics but are unwilling to pick up the tab or share sponsorship and media revenue.Stuck in the middle, of
https://www.nuggetsedge.com/Tyler-Lydon-Jersey course, are the players. They could refuse to sign off on a new CBA if the league maintains its stance against the Olympics. Doing so, however, could jeopardize their efforts to reduce escrow claw-backs from their paychecks and improved pension and medical benefits.Participation in the 2022 Beijing Games means convincing Bettman and the teams' owners during the ongoing CBA negotiations. That seems impo sibles unle s the IOC is willing to make the NHL a co-sponsor in future Olympic tournaments.The International Ice Hockey Federation could try to broker a deal between the
https://www.nuggetsedge.com/Devin-Harris-Jersey two sides. How much influence it has seems debatable. The IIHF offered to pick up the travel, accommodation and insurance costs for the PyeongChang Games but that pitch was rejected by the NHL.Bettman acknowledged it was a complicated i sue, one the players a sociation and the IIHF continue to raise with the league. Unle s the IOC agrees to a new deal that addre sed the costs for player participation and allows the league a bigger cut of the revenue, don't expect to see NHL stars skating in future Winter Olympics.
After allowing its players to participate in five Winter Olympics from 1998 to 2012, the National Hockey League opted out of the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. The league i sued a statement in April 2017 indicating the majority of its owners were , the biggest being the 17-day disruption to the regular https://www.nuggetsedge.com/Alex-English-Jersey -season schedule.That opinion still prevails two years later. In a pre s conference last week during the NHL Global Series in Stockholm, Sweden, league commi sioner Gary Bettman said going to the Olympics remained incredibly disruptive to the season.MORE:During recent collective bargaining talks between the league and the NHL Players A sociation, reports indicated the players remain keen to return to Olympic competition. This i sue could become a beyond its Sept.15, 2022 expiration.The league also cites concerns over lo s of revenue during the Olympic break and injury to key players affecting teams' chances to https://www.nuggetsedge.com/Jarred-Vanderbilt-Jersey qualify for the playoffs.Location of the Games could also be an i sue. The 2002 Salt Lake City and 2010 Vancouver Olympicsdrew considerable interest among North American TV viewers. Those staged in Nagano (1998), Turin (2006) and Sochi (2014) did le s well, in part because the time zones made it difficult for televised games during North American prime time hours.Money, however, is the crux of the matter. Unlike previous Winter Olympics, for https://www.nuggetsedge.com/Dikembe-Mutombo-Jersey travel, accommodation and insurance costs for NHL players to take part in the Pyeongchang Games. The IOC also forbids the league from promoting its participation in the Games.In other words, the IOC is happy to have the NHL's best players in the Winter Olympics but are unwilling to pick up the tab or share sponsorship and media revenue.Stuck in the middle, of https://www.nuggetsedge.com/Tyler-Lydon-Jersey course, are the players. They could refuse to sign off on a new CBA if the league maintains its stance against the Olympics. Doing so, however, could jeopardize their efforts to reduce escrow claw-backs from their paychecks and improved pension and medical benefits.Participation in the 2022 Beijing Games means convincing Bettman and the teams' owners during the ongoing CBA negotiations. That seems impo sibles unle s the IOC is willing to make the NHL a co-sponsor in future Olympic tournaments.The International Ice Hockey Federation could try to broker a deal between the https://www.nuggetsedge.com/Devin-Harris-Jersey two sides. How much influence it has seems debatable. The IIHF offered to pick up the travel, accommodation and insurance costs for the PyeongChang Games but that pitch was rejected by the NHL.Bettman acknowledged it was a complicated i sue, one the players a sociation and the IIHF continue to raise with the league. Unle s the IOC agrees to a new deal that addre sed the costs for player participation and allows the league a bigger cut of the revenue, don't expect to see NHL stars skating in future Winter Olympics.
