------------------------------------------------- Introduction/Statement of the Problem: As the executive director of the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA)‚ Bob Goodenow is faced with the issue of developing a communications strategy for the NHLPA. It must establish a strong bargaining stance for the players that effectively communicate their position on the salary cap issue‚ while also retain the loyalty of hockey fans. B. ------------------------------------------------- Analysis: The current
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Salary Caps in Athletics: How Much is the Game Really Effected? Should professional sports leagues‚ such as the MLB and NBA‚ implement a salary cap? This has become a rising issue in the last few years‚ involving players and the leagues and teams for which they play. Salary caps are an amount of money that a team is able to spend on its players. For instance‚ each team gets a 64 million dollar spending limit in which they have to divide between each player on the team. It has led to numerous
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Herb Brooks was born on August 5‚ 1937 in St. Paul Minnesota (Herb Brooks). Growing up in Minnesota‚ he became attached to the sport of ice hockey. He spent years practicing and playing this sport‚ and in 1955‚ he led his high school team to the state championship. After three years of college at the University of Minnesota‚ he joined the 1960 Olympic hockey team‚ but was cut from the team just before the Olympic games. He played for the United States in the next two Olympic games‚ and in 1970
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Violence has been a part of ice hockey since at least the early 1900s. According to the book Hockey: A People’s History‚ in 1904 alone‚ four players were killed during hockey games from the frequent brawls and violent stick work. Fighting in ice hockey is an established tradition of the sport in North America‚ with a long history involving many levels of amateur and professional play and including some notable individual fights. While officials tolerate fighting during hockey games‚ they impose a variety
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The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is a trophy that is awarded annually to the NHL ( National Hockey League ) playoff champions. Unlike other major sports trophies like such as in football and soccer‚ the Stanley Cup is not remade each year and winners of the cup keep it until a new champion is crowned. Something also unique to the cup is that it has the names of all winning players‚ coaches and management engraved on it. The current cup is made of silver and nickel alloy and is roughly 90 centimetres
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disallowed nearly half the games of the 2012-2013 NHL season to be played. I. NHL Players have much of the blame A. Players used wrong channels to negotiate B. Split of NHL players to their home country 1. Would disassemble the greatest hockey talent in one league C. Hang up the skates and lose Winter Classic for a bigger paycheck II. Owners became more focused on larger profits and less on the fans A. Money became more important than the fans B. When an agreement was made‚ owners gave fans little
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their overall investment. The five major sports in the United States – Major League Baseball (MLB)‚ National Football League (NFL)‚ National Basketball Association (NBA)‚ National Hockey League (NHL) and Major League Soccer (MLS) - have differing systems for managing player salaries. No one sport has the perfect model; there are issues with each. Salary caps are agreements or rules put in place by the respective leagues in order to limit the amount of money the team can spend on player salaries.
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14095608 Persuasive Speech Outline Title: Why Sidney Crosby is better than Alex Ovechkin. General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that Sidney Crosby is a better hockey player than Alex Ovechkin. Central Idea: Sidney Crosby is the best all-around hockey player in the game today. He also steps up in big games and big situations. I. a. On January 1‚ 2011‚ the NHL’s annual outdoor game the “Winter Classic” will be played at Heinz Field. The matchup is
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2004-2005 season the league was giving up billions of dollars in revenues. As the lockout went into effect 150 NHL players almost immediately joined European hockey clubs‚ sports arenas began finding other sources of revenue‚ and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation replaced “Hockey Night in Canada” with “Movie Night in Canada.” As a whole NHL players get paid significantly less than other professional sports such as the NBA‚ NFL‚ and MLB. However the National Hockey League also does not bring in
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Ontario. When he was just three‚ his father made him an ice rink in their backyard. Gretzky was only seven years old when he scored more than three hundred goals in the season. Wayne Gretzky loved hockey and made it his life. His talent‚ diligence and perseverance got him into the National Hockey League at the age of seventeen and went on to win the Stanley Cup; he also won the Canada Cup. Gretzky played for the Edmonton Oilers for many years and became their star player. He went on to play for the
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