Abolish the CBA

KuklasKorner : Hockey:

(from The Maven, who should know better)


Interesting Idea Dep’t. In the next CBA, why doesn’t the NHL itself just abolish the “no-trade” clause in contracts? …

well, probably because you don’t abolish anything in a CBA, you negotiate it. Which means the players have to agree to it, which means you have to give them some compromise somewhere else, because you can bet the players hate this idea and won’t give it up easily.

So what do you give the players that they’ll accept in return to let you take away no trade clauses? Free agency at age 22?

It’s actually a good idea, if you ask me. Just not practical. The real question is at what cost would it be to get this negotiated into the next CBA? And I can’t believe the owners would find the cost palatable.

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