The League wants more control over the TV money. How to do that, discuss it on Wednesday. Image: shutterstock, watson
–
It’s a lot of money! How the League by the hockey Association wants to unpin
Salary Cap, League increase, and the demarcation by the Association – on Wednesday the hockey club days. Decisions are still to be expected. But the topics should be well prepared in order for the League at 27. August can decide at the next League meeting about the future.
The performance sports Committee prepared a two-day Workshop, meeting on Wednesday. What’s it about? Already decided that it will be next season in the National League and Swiss League not Relegated. Several clubs wish, however, that the descent is longer – up to three years – is exposed, since the clubs are still suffering for years under the consequences of the Coronavirus crisis.
Accordingly, it is possible that in the future more clubs will be playing in the National League. This could result in a loosening of the foreigners, as a rule, because already in the case of twelve Clubs, the demand for NLA-players is greater than the supply. Therefore, the wages of mediocre players soared in the last few years in the height.
Great Support enjoy also the project to introduce a total wage ceiling. Anyone who exceeds the upper limit, it must pay a luxury tax. The project runs under the name of “Salary Cap” or “Financial fair play”.
The League wants the TV money
The most controversial issue does not affect the game operation, however, and is prepared behind the Scenes, the detachment of the League from the football Association. National League and Swiss League want to make it on their own. The clubs remain members of the Union, but for reasons of a legal form (e.g., a AG), occur as a legal entity in negotiations and sell the TV rights of the League in their own.
The TV money would no longer flow to the Association account, but directly to the League. Then the League could turn to the Association on the money faucet.
The structures of the football Association, the change in the average every ten years. In addition, the League changes the form of organization on a regular basis. For more than 20 years, the clubs compete for a greater say and influence. With the help of Philippe Gaydoul by brought Reform of 2009, the League seemed to be on target. At that time, the Board of Directors of the SEHV of six people (with three League representatives) has been reduced to a Board with five people and still have three League representatives.
“But the Problem is that people, although they come from the League, from the Moment that you are sitting in the Board, primarily for the Welfare of the Association and of the national team look,” says Gaudenz Domenig, the President of HC Davos. Domenig know what he is talking about. He presided as the last of the ice-hockey-Parliament, which was dissolved after ten years in the train of the structural reform of 2009. And the last Reform in 2009, designed Domenig in the work groups.
Who pays, commands!
With the current structures there is nobody within the League satisfied. Domenig: “The League deserves the money, so we have to have a say in the claim, who gets how much.” True to the Motto: Who pays, commands!
The clubs, it is disturbing that the League has the Association with no cost control. 17 years ago, 4.7 million Swiss francs were missing the SEHV. Within 40 days the Association is required at the time 1.1 million to avert the risk of bankruptcy. “At that time, the League has saved the Association,” said Domenig.
HCD President Gaudenz Domenig want the League money gives you more control over the TV. Image: KEYSTONE
–
The Davos President currently sees the Union not States at the time, but “it is to be presumed that the Association is bloated”.
This view is not only Domenig. According to the annual report from the Association alone, for the staff of around 14 million francs, the reserves amount to 2.5 million. Such Numbers don’t come up in times in which the clubs need every franc they fight well.
13 of 35 million will go to the Association
Currently, the Swiss ice hockey from the TV contract gets more than 35 million Swiss francs per season. The clubs need to be modest from this Pool of 22 million. 13 million to remain with the Association, the accounts for only the test matches of the national team of the TV rights package, or go as thick Commission (12.5 per cent) in the company Profile partner in Munich.
The solution, as you can imagine, the clubs, however, varies with the ideas of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation: The TV-money will in future flow to an account controlled by the League. The Association needs to get its spending with proposals to the League, would this grant, if necessary.
“The Association may at any time apply for money for specific projects and we will ensure that the Junior and the Amateur Hockey enough money is coming,” says Marc Lüthi, CEO of the SC Bern. Gaudenz Domenig convinced that “the League representatives to the national teams are very well disposed to good. The clubs also see that successful national teams for Hockey in Switzerland are good and important.”
For the Association these are still poor prospects. The ski Federation had its “fall foliage horn”. Even in skiing, the Association of television money, which generate primary organiser conceded. In hockey, the Association is delivered in the matter but the club, if they can independently make. He would have to limit – and a saving round turn. (abu/sda)
Since you’ve scrolled this far, we assume that you like our journalistic offer. As you may know, we recently decided, in watson no Login compulsory. Also, paywalls will be with us no. We would like to, if possible, do not create barriers to access to watson, because we believe it should be in a democracy, all at any time and simply provide information. If you want to support us, nevertheless, with a small amount, then do it here.
—
–
