League Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly points at No Progress in latest Labour talks -NHL Lockout Update
After a week of scheduling a formal sit down between the National Hockey League (NHL) and NHL Players’ Association, league deputy commissioner, Bill Daly, came out after their first meeting on Wednesday, October 10, 2012, and expressed his disappointment
in not being able to make any significant progress.
The lockout has been in play ever since the previous Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) came to an end on September 15, 2012, and nearly a month later, no one is able to predict when the deadlock will come to an end with the regular season supposed to
have already started.
October 11th was the starting date of the 2012-2013 NHL regular season and seeing how the league had already cancelled out the entire preseason along with two weeks of the season, fans are getting even more confused at what really is going on.
"I'd have to say overall today we didn't really move the ball forward that much," Daly said Wednesday night outside the League office, according to NHL.com.
"We hear, we understand that they've been working on some concepts, some ideas -- we've suggested to them just make the proposal," Daly added. "Any movement is better than no movement at all. Hopefully we've moved it forward, but even if we move backwards
it might be better than where we are now. That was our message to them."
Over the timeframe the preseason and regular season has been cancelled, it is reported that the league has already endured a loss of $200 to $250 million.
Most of the minor issues have been discussed by the two stakeholders, but even after a private meeting between the top executives on Wednesday, the main factors like core economic issues still remain on the table and untouched.
It is reported that another meeting is still, yet to be scheduled but there is no telling whether it will be later on in the week or perhaps even later on, but one this is for sure and that is the regular season is in serious threat of being locked out permanently
unless a miracle comes around to save it.
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