Donald Fehr
Donald Fehr
Donald Martin Fehr is the executive director of the National Hockey League Players Association. He became nationally prominent while serving as the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association from 1985 to 2009...
activity certain far respects seen
The kind of activity we've seen so far in certain respects is encouraging.
increased revenue
I don't see a need for increased revenue sharing.
attendance continue last positive record
There were record revenues last year, and attendance things continue to look very good, and those are very positive signs.
certainly date deal formal goal hard obvious owners
There has been no formal date set. It's early. We'll have to see. The obvious goal is to get a deal done, and we'll certainly try as hard as we can to do it and, hopefully, the owners will, too.
record track
We have some track record of working things out ...
concern criticism measures players program reasonable several share
We share your concern about the criticism our program has received, and, in response, the players have demonstrated, several times now, their willingness to take all reasonable measures in response.
believe ought penalties punish purpose strongly
We believe very strongly that the purpose of penalties ought to be to deter, not to punish for its own sake.
believe prepared process
We believe we've made strides. The process is working, and we're prepared to do a lot more.
agreement baseball beer central contract dog funds hard hot improve money national parking payroll performance quality receive revenue says sell sharing teams television ticket
There are teams that receive more money from central baseball -- between the national television contract and revenue sharing -- than what their payroll is. That's before they sell a ticket or a hot dog or a beer or a parking space. There's a provision in the agreement that says revenue-sharing funds are to be used to improve the quality of a team's performance on the field, so we'll have to take a hard look at that.