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CANADIAN MP SAYS FINANCIAL GRANTS TO PRO TEAMS NOT AN OPTION

          Canadian Parliament member Dennis Mills, who is the
     Chair of the subcommittee studying sport in Canada, said
     yesterday that the "idea of Canadian sports teams getting
     cash grants to allow them to compete with their American
     counterparts is 'deader than a doornail,'" according to
     Chris Young of the TORONTO STAR.  But Mills said that there
     "is a chance the committee will think about recommending
     legalized sports books to help fund amateur sports."  Mills
     said that the committee will "need more time to discuss its
     fundings, which are to be delivered to Parliament" on
     December 3.  Although he backed some public grants to help
     the country's pro teams, Mills "came to realize the public
     didn't share his sentiment."  Mills: "We got slammed on that
     one."  Among the committee's "65 or so recommendations will
     be the possibility of a nationwide sports betting network of
     3,000 sports book shops," the profits of which would fund
     amateur sports programs.  But a sports betting network
     "would have to clear a number of hurdles," as provinces that
     run sports lotteries "would have to be reassured" that the
     new system would not impede on its business and pro sports
     leagues "would likely be opposed" (TORONTO STAR, 11/12). 
     Stephen Brunt writes that while "direct subsidies wasn't
     going to fly with a large segment of the populace," the
     U.S.-based pro leagues are unlikely to support any link  to
     sports books.  Brunt: "There would be the perfect irony:
     What began as an attempt to keep professional teams in
     Canada effectively driving them out" (GLOBE & MAIL, 11/12).
          SHOULD NHLPA MATCH NHL CAP PAYMENT? In Toronto, Ken
     Fidlin writes that while the tax-exempt NHLPA has reportedly
     built up a C$80M war chest, it has "done nothing wrong" and
     has "simply played the game, and very deftly, by the rules." 
     But Fidlin adds that the NHLPA has a "vested interest in
     making sure the Canadian franchises all are maintained on a
     solid financial foundation" and at the "very least," the
     NHLPA "should be forced to match the NHL's contribution to
     the Canadian Assistance Plan" to help Canadian teams compete
     against the stronger U.S. dollar (TORONTO SUN, 11/12).

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