The NHL helped end a stalemate between the U.S. women's national hockey team and USA Hockey last year by bridging a "sizable" financial gap, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told ESPN.
In an agreement that was kept under wraps until this week, the NHL agreed to pay USA Hockey $25,000 per player to help fund their four-year agreement with the women's national team.
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http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/articl ... am-players
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The NBA does this for the WNBA, right? It's a subsidy for a product that can't sustain itself (yet?)...
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Ehhhh, the USWNT /= WNHL.
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Plus women's hockey is actually entertaining.
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All the more reason, or no? WNBA is a commercial enterprise being bolstered by a different commercial enterprise. I can't tell if it's better or worse...actually, I can't tell if I should care at all actually...
Someone tell me how to think about this...
Someone tell me how to think about this...
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You should love it because Amanda Kessel is on the team.
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Sold.
Hope she's not super socially awkward...
Hope she's not super socially awkward...
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Let's just hope she doesn't ask people working their job to call her mommy...
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You have made a very powerful enemy today, friend.
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You have made a very powerful enemy today, friend.
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I raise you a Hilary KnightYou should love it because Amanda Kessel is on the team.
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Both are, as mikey says, absolute rrrrrrrrockets