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Insider's View of Building a Women's Pro League - Liz Knox

I read this article…..and was shocked to see no ( did I miss?) reference to the NWHL or PHF. It is childish to pretend that this other league did not exist. Time to grow up. Comments around no medical staff- there were trainers and paramedics at the Pride games….not doing any justice by pretending that the PHF did not exist. Use the past to move forward….don’t step on the league you bought out.
 
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MAHOCKEY FAN said:
I read this article…..and was shocked to see no ( did I miss?) reference to the NWHL or PHF. It is childish to pretend that this other league did not exist. Time to grow up. Comments around no medical staff- there were trainers and paramedics at the Pride games….not doing any justice by pretending that the PHF did not exist. Use the past to move forward….don’t step on the league you bought out.
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I’m not surprised at all. It’s been quite evident early on that the group now in charge wants nothing to do with any of the past and their accomplishments.
 
Well, Knox puts the focus on her individual perspective, and that is valid. She played in the CWHL and PWHPA - and not NWHL/PHF - and the examples in the article address the leagues in which she participated. The topics refer to the CWHL - topics including not being paid, being expected to buy new goalie pads, being expected to take weeks off work traveling to China, and lacking medical staff. Then, she mentions, she wasn't paid early in the PWHPA either. I do think she could address the NWHL/PHF and acknowledgment of the past iterations would be welcome.

To my knowledge, the #1 objection of PWHPA players to the NWHL or PHF throughout the PWHPA's years is that the NWHL/PHF hadn't developed a union. That is significant and is solved by the current setup. Of course, there are other issues now like the low accounting for inflation in the CBA. Knox acknowledged some current issues and maybe even outdated financials: "Is it too early to say whether the PWHL can be a full-time job for players? We have room to grow those salaries. A lot has changed since 2020 when we did our original calculations. The important thing was that the league was stable. We didn't want to offer more than more than we could provide and then have to cut salaries." She said it was naive that they hoped for financial support from the NHL.
 
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