Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 8, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba 18nesb1ttburns i gics year maturity annual or compound resp eligible locked 9 9432384 Winnipeg free press sports Section Julian Rachey 6977285 c1 january is offer Good for it makes jets Boss says Barry Shenkarow believes he can return to Winnipeg and Tell the Manitoba entertainment Complex that the Winnipeg jets Are a viable that if three things the of is if the National hockey league players association accepts the latest counter offer from the offer that was sent to Bob Goodenow last the second is that commissioner Gary Bettman and the leagues 25 other governors live up to their Promise to share league revenues and the is a new which goes without the owners voted 197 to reject the players last and Best in its they sent a new offer to the players that does not include a luxury tax or salary the players said they agree to a proposal that included a tax and the owners have Shenkarow voted in favor of the Deal on the condition that the league agrees to share i that we Are Well on the Road to saying to the Mec and the proposed new Broa based ownership group of the jets that we have a system that will make the nil viable in Shenkarow said in a Telephone interview from new there is enough in the offer that allows us to properly manage the despite the fact there is no the owners have still asked for a number of items that put a drag on rising salaries and As a Many players were pessimistic that a Deal could be reached by the absolute these Wonsover deadline of noon on i believe things like the 20yearold a Rookie Cap that now begins at the fact players wont be entitled to talks to reporters after governors and canadians owner Ronald Scott Taylor arbitration until Treyve been in the league fora number of the fact that if a team like Louis signs your Best player with compensation and gives up three first round draft picks they cant sign another player until they re accumulate their and a Walkaway clause in arbitration those things will work in Winnipeg Shenkarow right now in of the position that weve Given the players a Deal that Doest include a Cap and can permit us to manage our team properly and remain while watching the news conference on television last it was difficult to get a Good feeling for the Quebec Marcel who voted against the leagues new said he hoped arrangements for Revenue sharing and a plan to make up the difference in Canadian and currencies within the ownership group allow me to save my Winnipeg jets player representative Nelson Emerson was saying last night that the players we rent even going to open up the pages of the offer to look at of for those of us who would like to see this i omillion Industry stay in that might be the Best news of the players made it Clear they entertain a counterproposal and now that they have Many say they Arent going to read that arrogant and of but anyone who believes a Deal without a Cap on salaries is a bad Deal for the Canadian Small markets will Welcome the players despite Shenkarow assertions to the in not certain this is a Good Deal for i know the the Premier and Many Mec members needed a Cap to be satisfied that the jets could be a viable financial operation and also change the behaviour of the leagues irresponsible in a i cant believe the owners blew three and a half months of hockey to get to this we can always Hope that the Nelson emersons of the world dig in their heels and Force their no la colleagues to kill the players take dim View of new offer by Tim Campbell sports reporter the vote was 197 against their but there was no definitive announcement from the nil players association last night that terminated the 199495 players across the continent had been saying for Days that there would be no More discussion or consideration of counterproposal if their last offer was not accepted at yesterdays nil Board of Gover nors meeting in new High noon for the Union including president Mike Gartner of the Toronto Maple Leafs and executive director Bob were meeting late into the night at no la Headquarters in they refused to comment on the leagues which was faxed to Goodenow shortly after the seven hour Gover nors meeting broke the players will hold a conference Call this morning that includes player reps from All 26 i Haven seen their proposal but As far As we were concerned As play our last stance was our proposal and we we rent interested in count Winnipeg jets player rep Nelson Emerson said last sticking to the previous party i guess what i can say is it looks like the seasons id be surprised if Bob and the committee even goes through this but there was a variety of opinion from players not Surpris ing in that there was no Clear or immediate direction from their Leader Ive already talked to no la Vic president Andy Moog and were having a conference Call this and Well have All the info said the jets other player Stephane quintal from his Mon Treal in interested in what the owners have to i watched the press and though i think there just Media i want to know whats in that the thing that made both Emerson and quintal sceptical were the modifications which the owners made to the players our impression is that Gary Bettman came on and said they tinkered with our Emer son to the word tinkering Doest mean Treyve shifted the draft age from 18 to or shifting free Agency from age 30 to As a i cant get excited at All about becoming a free agent at age Emerson also want impressed that the owners finally made an of Fer without the controversial payroll something the players have opposed vigorously since the theres no satisfaction in he what we said from the be ginning was that a Deal could be made without a we tried to explain to them All owners try to thread a Needle by Tim Campbell sports trying to thread a the nil Board of governors a counterproposal Back to the players association yesterday that did not include a payroll the no la had offered up its last proposal for the Gover nors consideration in new and now commissioner Gary Bettman and his owners have made revisions to that of Fer and set a deadline of tues Day at 11 Cost for a the vote was 197 to reject the players and 206 in support of the offer that was sent Back to the Winnipeg jets president Barry Shenkarow said last night that he was among the 19 that turned Down the and that he voted in favor of the on the basis that my partners said they would Deal with the other Shenkarow was referring to the disparity Between the Ca Nadian and and Between Small Revenue and Large Revenue which Bettman said yesterday was a matter the Board would i think its More than Shenkarow if the end result is that if the commitment int going to be hockey in Western can Ada is going to have a prob he the tax was go ing to provide Revenue which would be i be Lieve there is support to do those but we had to Deal with the players now be cause time is with the proposal Union chief Bob Goodenow and the no la executive committee were huddled in meetings at the Toronto of weve tried to thread a Nee dle Bettman about the Short time that remains and the debate that raged among governors yesterday during the there was a lot of disagree Shenkarow but if a Guy like John my Mullen hawkish new Jersey governor could support Many of us knew we asked if there was room for negotiation on this proposal before tuesdays Shenkarow said late last night but there might be room for some ceo Only casualty in Downs shuffle horse racing by Randy Turner sports reporter Steeles Maul playoff opponents Harvey Warner says you can bet the restructuring of Assiniboia Downs manage ment is the president of the Manitoba jockey the nonprofit Board that runs the said the tracks former chief executive Clare who was fired last is the Only casualty of a management level that the Only change we intend contrary to Warner the restructuring is Hacks position will be replaced by three person management tean Fomade up of Downs Warner director of racing Craig Mcdonald will take Over operations marketing director Sharon Gulyas will head administration and comp troller Don Dolezar will be promoted to director of we feel now that theres an Opportunity to be As effective in this form of management As we were Warner Hacks firing was termed a Cost cutting measure in a year in which the Downs had rebounded from Sev eral losing seasons to turn a largely based on new Revenue from although yearned figures Are still being Warner said the Downs turned six figure profit of much More than while their a Maine in the Warner said Over All betting at least we finally stopped the demise of the racing Side for the first time in five he the bleeding but you continue to operate without the added Revenue from theres no Hacks tenure lasted Only one year after the Mac assumed control of the track from former owner Jim Hauck had originally come to Winnipeg with Wright in despite being shocked by his Hauck had no sour words for the they said they had unanimously decided to do some and i didst Jit into their they said Little beyond it want open for discus the decision had been i guess they decided it was time to get some new ideas into the Hauck has been offered a buyout package which he is now consider it the dismissal was dropped on me like a Bombshell in the Middle of a room and i thought i would need More time to think about it the buy he i dont want to go through any litigation or i just dont know whats Ive never been fired Hauck said he Hopes to find an other Job in but he held no grudges for the when your times your times he goes and so will ;