Jun 22, 2012 5:04 AM in response to: sportsnet_ca
Re: Grange on NHL: Chance for Canadian teams
Take this into account.
It is a very different story in Canada. Only one fifth of the NHL’s teams are Canadian, yet the country’s fans account for nearly one third of the league’s revenues. And a good chunk of those Canadian dollars end up in the US through revenue sharing, in what has effectively become an effort to subsidize Americans to watching Canada’s national sport. The primary
beneficiaries of this scheme are American hockey team owners and a smattering of American fans attending game