By Russian Billionaire Roman Abramovich, here is the link I found it at but I'm sure theres others:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/football/articles/6886613
The man has spent about $180 US on buying players in for Chelsea (English Premier league Soccer team) and now they are top of the league and could well win it, dunno if it would work the same in hockey as its all about trading though im sure alot of GM's could be talked into the trade if he offers some big time money as part of the deals.
I guess if a salary cap is introduced it could stop this!!
The frustrating thing about what hes done with Chelsea is that hes just trying to buy the championship! I like to see a team win through hard work and building up a squad etc but if Chelsea are to win it would be a farce and certainly not hard work.
There is many positives from this guy buying over a team but in general I dont wanna see hockey go the road of soccer in England where by only 3-4 teams will only ever win the league in the next 15-20 years all because of money!
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/football/articles/6886613
The man has spent about $180 US on buying players in for Chelsea (English Premier league Soccer team) and now they are top of the league and could well win it, dunno if it would work the same in hockey as its all about trading though im sure alot of GM's could be talked into the trade if he offers some big time money as part of the deals.
I guess if a salary cap is introduced it could stop this!!
The frustrating thing about what hes done with Chelsea is that hes just trying to buy the championship! I like to see a team win through hard work and building up a squad etc but if Chelsea are to win it would be a farce and certainly not hard work.
There is many positives from this guy buying over a team but in general I dont wanna see hockey go the road of soccer in England where by only 3-4 teams will only ever win the league in the next 15-20 years all because of money!