Why are NHL players rich?

[Fake Boris]

1. Solidarity

Working class people are so buried below their bills that they're reluctant to launch a prolonged strike. Union solidarity dissolves rapidly. NHL players can afford long strikes or lockouts - and it pays off even more.

2. 50-50 revenue sharing

Something every working class people would dream about. In harsh times, everyone, boss or employee, earns a bit less. In good times, the salary increases are automatic.

3. Powerful union that draws high worker participation

Participation in the NHLPA is outstanding; better than almost any other union. Players attend meetings, elect their representatives seriously, and aggressively enforce their benefits.

4. Regulation

Minimum and maximum salary for every player which ensures a minimum of fairness between everyone's salary. Teams can't buy championships on the free agent market, which means more teams on the long run and more jobs for players. Revenue sharing between poor and rich teams also saves jobs. And it is an incentive for everyone to take care of the well being of the league as a whole.

In short, the NHLPA shows that competition works much better when its backbone is cooperation.

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freely adapted and translated from:

http://www.pressegauche.org/spip.php?article17678

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