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June 10, 2008 Why thr CHL got tired of Herb....
The way I see it, the CHL got tired of Herb Washington. I am not saying they treated him well, however they expected $ 100, 000 per year from him to run the league. That enables them to hire referees and take care of league business. He had issues with travel re-imbursement so he withheld the yearly fee. A better approach might have been to pay the fee and pursue the travel money after the fact.
For all the gnashing of teeth over leaving the CHL lets be realistic, Herb was about to lose more money this year by being part of the league that doesn't even have a team in the Eastern Time zone other than Youngstown.
People like Bill Weimer and Bruce Zoldan warned everyone that would listen that the travel would kill profits. Recently Weimer admitted in the Vindy that hockey in the valley is a quality of life issue, not a profit center for the BJ Allan company.
The way the leagues are structured it is nearly impossible to turn a profit in hockey. With the CHL, players must be paid from the revenue of 30 home dates and unless you are filling the arena and have lucrative promotional contracts with local benefactors hockey is probably at best an expensive hobby for the owner.
The owner of the Steel hounds and the city have been at odds over what Washington has perceived as no help from the city. Herb Washington is to be commended for bringing hockey to the region when others would not, but the city is not in a position to insulate him from losses.
So there you go Herb, you get A for effort, but a c minus for antagonizing the CHL.
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