2004–05 NHL lockout

Gary Bettman, the National Hockey League commissioner, said that the NHL will not be participating in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games. The NHL has been going to the Olympics since 1998. Many fans and players are upset and, even angry at the NHL for not sending their players to one of the greatest hockey tournaments in the world. Some cons for the ban are. There was a poll in Canada to see if people were with Gary Bettman or against the decision. 62% of the people said that they did not like the fact of having no NHL players going to the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. This will not be good for ratings and viewers as many people were really looking forward to watching their favorite players playing at an even higher level of hockey…

The NHL lockout of 2012-2013 was caused by a disagreement of ideas creating a new collective bargaining agreement. Some people later have blamed the salary cap and coaches for the loss of an assumed 510 regular season games. In particular, the NHL salary cap is the sum of money any one team can spend on its players. The cap is set in stone for the year thus meaning there is no exceptions to the set amount. Some people think the salary cap should remain in place and control the league for…

various complaints. The former hockey players will herein be identified as participants or Plaintiffs and the National Hockey League and Board of Governors will be identified as NHL, service providers, or Defendants. Focus will be placed on the allegations of negligence against the governing body, the NHL. Negligence is considered the unintentional tort that causes injury to a person in the form of physical injury, property loss or reputation (Cotten & Wolohan, 2013). The complaints include…

In order to do so MLB executives would need to propose a deal at the Collective Bargaining Agreements. The CBA’s are a yearly offseason meeting in which Major League Baseball meets with the Major League Baseball Player’s Union. The MLBPA would not be in favor of the proposed salary cap and the league would now be at a stand still with the possibility of a lockout. The MLBPA is not in favor of a salary cap due to the fact that the point of their existence is to protect the players, since a cap…