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Old Sep 23, 2015 | 7:55 pm
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Originally Posted by CZAMFlyer
Well I wouldn't be surprised if there are some in-kind provisions within the contract(s). A lot of money exchanges hands: the team owners pay AC for the use of Jetz; AC pays the NHL and team owners for on-ice advertising and arena naming rights. Teams would also use AC a great deal to move players and other staff around on scheduled services (to rejoin the team on the road after a trade/injury/callup, team exec's travel, etc).
yes, I've sat beside MANY injured NHL players in J flying back the day after the jetz plane leaves etc. (Many = more times than I've kept track of).
Last edited by Sean Peever; Sep 23, 2015 at 9:08 pm Reason: spelling
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