NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement

The Collective Bargaining Agreement of the NHL ( German collective bargaining agreement, the NHL, just CBA) is the " collective agreement " between the teams of the NHL and the players 'union National Hockey League Players' Association ( NHLPA ). The contract was signed after the founding of the NHLPA in 1967 together with the aim to provide for typical conditions and collective bargaining since been extended several times and supplemented.

History

After the lockout of 1994/95 season, the 38 of 84 match days of the regular season, fell victim to the treaty was first amended. The new agreement should first six years to continue, but was eventually prematurely extended until 15 September 2004. When negotiations for a new contract were unsuccessful, the NHL, the 2004/05 season decided suspended until an agreement could be made. The second lockout by the club owner in the history of the highest North American professional league began at 12:01 clock on September 16. As a further meeting led to no result, gave NHL boss Gary Bettman on 16 February 2005, the entire season canceled known. Even the efforts of former player and former club owner Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, players and clubs together, were unsuccessful in the following days.

It was only on 13 July 2005, club owners and union agreed on the key points of the new CBA, ratified on 22 July 2005, and that 310 -day strike came to an end. The new treaty with the NHLPA had a term of six years with an option for another year. On September 15, 2012, the contract ran out, the start of the 2012/13 season was uncertain due to the ongoing negotiations between the team owners and the players' union. On January 6, 2013, the union and team owners agreed to a new contract. The season was then shortened to 48 games per team. In addition, only games played within the Western and the Eastern Conference. In the first season in 2013, the salary cap ( " salary cap " ) was 60 million dollars. In the 2013/14 season this increases to 64.3 million dollars.

Collective Bargaining Agreement 2005

The key points of the new, valid from the NHL Season 2005/ 06 Agreement of 22 July 2005 were:

• All existing player contracts will be reduced by 24 percent.
• For the 2005/ 06 season, the salary cap was the salary cap each team will be 39 million U.S. dollars, the lower limit at 21.5 million dollars. These totals were calculated by the projected sales of 1.7 billion dollars. The maximum salary of the recently concluded 2008/09 season was 56.7 million U.S. dollars per team.
• League -wide, player salaries can not be more than 54 percent of total sales.
• Shares of salaries shall be deposited in a securities account, to each new salary cap for the following season is fixed.
• The minimum income increases from $ 185,000 to $ 450,000, in the sixth year of a contract for $ 500,000.
• The ten best -earning clubs pay between three and eight million dollars in a fund which will be proportionately routed to the 15 " poorest " team.
• The maximum merit of a new entrant via NHL Entry Draft is $ 850,000. Reached such a player all available bonuses, he can earn a maximum of 4.5 million dollars. These bonuses are in the aggregate, however, difficult to reach.
• A determination of content will also be possible from club page. So far, only the players had this right. So it should be possible that players' contracts with players, bring the poor performance can be devalued.
• Unannounced doping controls are conducted at least twice a year. Positive test results meant the first time a barrier of 20 games, the second time from 60 games, beyond lifetime ban.
• The players in the NHL were in the Olympic Winter Games 2006, unless nominated to participate. The League presented during the tournament a break.