REPORT: Gary Bettman gets CALLED OUT by Player Agent after a new stat was revealed about salaries

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Ryan
October 15, 2022 (12:37)

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The National Hockey League continues to grow it's revenue year after year, but not at the same rate the other major sports leagues are. A stat revealed in the offseason showed that the NHL has fallen out of the ''big 4'' and many people are putting this blame on commissioner Gary Bettman.

Bettman is the face of the NHL and takes the brunt of everything to do with financials, and recently Allan Walsh called Bettman out on a stat that looks embarrassing compared to other Major Sports leagues.

There are no NHL players among the top 100 highest paid athletes in 2022. Just the way Gary's triple cap, hard salary cap was intended to operate.

There are no NHL players among the top 100 highest paid athletes in 2022. Just the way Gary's triple cap, hard salary cap was intended to operate. pic.twitter.com/u3SI2lwiJx� Allan Walsh (@walsha) October 14, 2022

Allan Walsh went on to talk and criticize the salary cap in the NHL and provided a graph showing the highest paid athletes of all time and the fact that no NHL players are in it.

Said the guy who made over $50M while playing in the NHL and part of the group of players that stabbed the NHLPA/Bob Goodenow in the back during the 2004/05 lockout. Every NHL player today can partly thank ol JR for the salary cap and escrow. https://t.co/MLFQsecPQK� Allan Walsh (@walsha) September 19, 2019

The NHL is projected to bring in over $5 billion over last season, and sadly this is one of the lower earning leagues.

This graphic shows the top earners in each sport, and thankfully they added Tennis so Hockey wouldn't be the lowest one:

The NHL's top-paid players reportedly make about $1M apiece from off-ice endorsements... definitely room for improvement.
Interesting chart via @Sportico. pic.twitter.com/7uHECVeC9I� Rick Westhead (@rwesthead) October 13, 2022