BurghersAndDogsSports wrote:beLIEve wrote:tfrizz wrote:Matthew Sekeres @mattsekeres
Am told by 2 NHL sources that #Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs forced employees to pay tax on 2011 Stanley Cup rings. About $7K per ring. Cont...
Matthew Sekeres @mattsekeres
Some support staff couldn't afford the tax up front, so players stepped up and covered the cost so they could get rings too.
That's an incredibly biased spin by a radio talk show host looking for ratings. An owner of a private company FORCED employees to pay income taxes on Stanley Cup rings? I'm pretty sure the federal government is the entity that forces employees to pay income taxes.
He could have easily said the Bruins didn't pay the tax on behalf of employees. But that's a little less attention grabbing and a lot closer to the truth.
is this real anyways. $7,000 per ring in taxes means he sprung already for about $25,000 per ring per employee to what 150-200 players and employees. Not sure I would bash him for going 5 million on rings.
7,000 cost per ring means about a grand per employee in taxes. still tough but without comparison to what is the norm.
Not sure what other teams have done but I know the pens or steelers (cant remember which) gave knock off rings to the employees and the regular rings to the players and top guns.
Would those same people pay a tax for a real ring? Do most teams give knock offs and the bruins people have real rings?
I could care less but just saying this story doesn't quite smell right.
Gaucho wrote:Darren Dreger @DarrenDreger
Bettman proposed to Fehr and PA an owner-payer mtng only. No NHL or NHLPA brass. Fehr and PA are believed to be considering.
Might not be a bad idea at all.
Gaucho wrote:Also, I'd like Mario to tell Jacobs to shut the f up.
tfrizz wrote:Gaucho wrote:Also, I'd like Mario to tell Jacobs to shut the f up.
Apparently no one from the Pens has attended any of the group sessions.
meow wrote:shmenguin wrote:meow wrote:He certainly fits the role better.
in that staal is better than a 3rd liner and sutter is worse than staal - then yes
In the sense that Sutter is more the protypical 3rd line center and Staal is better suited for second line duties.
Louis Jean @LouisJean_TVA
My sense is players aren't too enchanted by league proposal for players/owners only meeting. "It's a stunt" said one player.
Bioshock wrote:This process is over. Just cancel the season and be done with it. Neither side wants to negotiate anymore and all respect has been thrown to the wind.
Next season should be canceled too from the looks of things. I'll bet that next year at this same time, there will still be no hockey.
penny lane wrote:^ hockey talk got me all mushy above. real hockey talk.Louis Jean @LouisJean_TVA
My sense is players aren't too enchanted by league proposal for players/owners only meeting. "It's a stunt" said one player.
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