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Happycappie25
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FrozenLVFan
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Posted: 03/16/17 5:12 pm ::: |
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I've been following this story. Given that the team is supposed to report for camp on the 21st and the first World Championship exhibition game is on March 25th, I can't see how this is going to be resolved. The players are demanding to be paid a "living wage," and USAH has said "We don't have full-time employees as athletes and we are not going to -- it's not going to be the way forward," Fischer said. "The thing is, they know that. We have been clear with them." NWHL pay is about on a par with WNBA for top players. Speculation says USAH is going to try to field a team from the U-22 and U-18 rosters.
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toad455
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Posted: 03/16/17 6:19 pm ::: |
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The team is still listed on iihf.com's as competing.
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FrozenLVFan
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Posted: 03/18/17 12:45 pm ::: |
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No resolution. USAH says they are trying to work with the players, and the players say USAH is lying.
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Happycappie25
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toad455
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Posted: 03/18/17 6:18 pm ::: |
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USAH has said if this isn't resolved, they'll basically send their "B" team. That's if they want to go.
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toad455
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Posted: 03/23/17 11:30 am ::: |
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They said it could hurt their Olympic chances, but they've already qualified. Would the IOC be forced to replace them?
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toad455
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Posted: 03/25/17 11:32 am ::: |
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I wonder if their "B" team or U-20 team doesn't go, if they'll replace them with another team(Germany? Japan?). IIHF would have to making that call now.
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justintyme
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Posted: 03/25/17 12:47 pm ::: |
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Missed this thread before, but the NWHL salaries are not even close to the WNBA ones. When the league began the player minimum was $10k and the max was $26k. The cut the minimum to $5k, but I am unsure if they cut the max as well.
WNBA players make about 4 times those original amounts for both minimum and maximum.
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Happycappie25
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toad455
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Posted: 03/26/17 10:18 am ::: |
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Also, for anyone that doesn't know the Women's World Championship is set up odd. The top four seeds are in one group and seeds #5 - #8 are in another group.
Group A: USA(1), Canada(2), Finland(3), Russia(4)
Group B: Sweden(5), Switzerland(6), Czech Republic(7), Germany(8)
The top 2 teams(usually USA & Canada) in Group A get a bye to the semifinals. Third place of Group A faces second place of Group B. Fourth place of Group A faces First place in Group B. With a team full of D3 players, the USA may not even make it to the semifinals.
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justintyme
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Posted: 03/27/17 10:49 am ::: |
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Now the men's team is talking boycott as well to stand in solidarity with the women.
I am not sure how I feel about the pay issue since "we don't pay anyone" seems a fair and equitable position to take. Job opportunities in the sport outside of USAH really isn't their responsibility. On the other hand, if not paying means you won't be able to field a team and the realities of the training and time requirements make it not worth it for the women to do, then USAH should rexamine their policy/position and figure out what they need to do to meet their player's needs. They do have a duty, imo, to make sure they are able to field a competitive women's team, and to spend the money required to do so.
But this pay issue is not their true sin. Where USAH does not have a leg to stand on is their failure to support women's developmental leagues in an equitable fashion. They spent $3.5 million on young men, but have no such program for young women. That needs to change.
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Happycappie25
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toad455
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Posted: 03/28/17 9:12 pm ::: |
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That's outstanding! Hopefully this means more friendlies being played. Friendlies are rare in ice hockey(men's & women's).
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KatValeska
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Posted: 03/29/17 6:38 pm ::: |
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toad455 wrote: |
That's outstanding! Hopefully this means more friendlies being played. Friendlies are rare in ice hockey(men's & women's). |
Just saw this on NHL Tonight. I love my Pittsburgh Penguins, but after that I'd rather watch the women play. Great news!
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KatValeska
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Posted: 03/29/17 7:12 pm ::: |
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On the downside, I just learned that due to state budget cuts, North Dakota is mothballing it's women's hockey program at the end of this season
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