Bob Pompeani

I don't know.

I bet you.

I would have loved to have been in that meeting where they decided this.

And it must have been a majority of people or owners who said it was good or else they were just simply doing it to gain advantage in another aspect of their negotiations.

And if you weigh that, you see at the time you don't think there's much risk.

Oh, one or two players are going to go over there.

Oh, I would never do it.

Why?

Because I would never do it.

I'm saying...

The ship has sailed in hockey.

I asked you that question because I wanted you to come back to me.

My answer would have been I'm not allowing you to do it.

But it's over and done with.

No.

I mean, generally speaking, I would rather not have all of this.

I'd rather those teams stay together and not have anyone go.

But that's changed.

And you can't change what has been changed unless you get to the next negotiation and you decide then as an ownership group that I'm not going to risk this stuff anymore.

These guys are under contract.