The bill, designed to prevent the departure of Russian hockey players overseas, is gaining momentum. The day before he was put up for public discussion, which would last two weeks. Further, the project will be sent for approval to the government.
Do you want in the NHL – ask for permission or pay money. What is the idea of the Tretyak bill?
The head proposed a bill expanding the influence of the Federation on the entire Russian hockey.
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It should be noted that even though the text of the document does not indicate specific sports, it is primarily about hockey. In basketball and volleyball, none of the Russians go abroad; in football, this phenomenon can also not be called rampant. In hockey, dozens of players are sent to various foreign leagues every year. Come and held players with a name, and green youth.
Hockey is already highlighted in the explanatory note: “Currently, in certain sports, for example, hockey, there is a situation where foreign sports organizations, taking advantage of gaps in the Russian legal regulation, as well as their legal status, which do not provide for the subordination of the international sports federation by sport , invite young Russian athletes to participate in foreign sports competitions without making any “transfer” payments, since the invited athlete only undergoes sports training and is not involved in an employment relationship with a professional sports club.
Accordingly, a professional sports club or sports training organization that raised an athlete does not receive compensation for the costs incurred for his sports training and is deprived of the athlete. At the same time, a foreign physical-sports organization often does not invest additionally in the development of such an athlete, since in case of any difficulties, it is easier for the relevant organization to invite a new hockey player according to a similar scheme without paying compensation, ”the document says.
Pashkov – on the initiative of the Ministry of Sports: it is necessary to indicate the obligations of athletes to the state
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The goal is to limit the departure of talented youth
This bill affects players under the age of 23 who, when moving to a foreign club, will have to pay monetary compensation for the fact that in Russia clubs and schools invested in their development.
At the same time, it is stipulated that the athlete himself can pay for his “sports training” and thus save himself from paying compensation in the future, but there is also a trick – “unless otherwise provided by the parties,” that is, compensation can still be prescribed in the contract.
Thus, mainly young people who have not yet moved to a professional level or have not played the required time at the club, which is designed to offset the costs of training an athlete (no more than the period of training itself and no more than five years), are at stake. This spring, for example, seven young hockey players have already signed contracts with NHL clubs. But there are also QMJHL, WHL, OHL, USHL and NCAA, as well as Finnish or other European championships, which are much less common, but also leave.
How will compensation be calculated?
This is a completely logical question, because in schools far from everything is free, and part of the costs falls on the shoulders of the parents. And the emotional contribution of relatives is not translated into rubles at all. How will they calculate costs, how will the contribution of parents be taken into account? What order will the compensation amount be? There are no calculation formulas in the text of the bill, it is only indicated that the calculations will have to be made by the Ministry of Sports and FHR in coordination with the KHL (if we are talking about hockey).
For example, a player playing for the junior national teams of Russia, who is the leader of his team, “costs” more than the unremarkable middle man from the fourth link of the non-commissioned youth team, or the same amount? Will there be any restrictions, how fair the compensation will be, and whether they decide to break up for the supertalents the very unbearable amounts, from which even in the NHL will be in shock?
Sushinsky: why Russia cannot receive money for the departure of players? All Europe is paid
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Transfer agreement no longer needed
The NHL has raised the topic of compensation in favor of Russian clubs more than once. The transfer agreement has been signed with all the leading European leagues – Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and others, but the amount of compensation is fixed and does not depend on the talent or achievements of the hockey player.
There is no such agreement with the KHL, in Russia they wanted the amount of compensation to vary depending on the status of the player, and not be equal for everyone. “I had a conversation with the NHL Vice President Bill Daily. I asked him for a contract that will be provided to us by agreement. I have already received it, we are translating it. And I want to give it to the KHL for clubs to learn. I had previously believed that this agreement should be signed. We did not sign just because of Malkin. Then they paid 150 thousand dollars, and for Malkin we asked for a million. He was already a star then. The NHL refused us. Because of this, we did not sign. And so I was ready. Young people are leaving, we are losing a lot of money, and every penny for a youth school is significant. Will our junior play there? Unknown And the money has already arrived, ”said President of the FHR Vladislav Tretyak five years ago.
Malkin, by the way, then left, and even the freshly signed contract with Magnitogorsk did not interfere. The American court allowed him to speak for Pittsburgh, the question was closed. No agreement – no compensation. Under the new bill, no transfer agreement is needed anymore.
Duty falls on the shoulders of the athlete himself
Russian laws and sports federations cannot force foreign clubs to pay anything – they will simply say: “we don’t know anything, we haven’t signed any contracts, we don’t have to pay anyone”. Therefore, foreign clubs are not even affected in the bill – compensation falls on the shoulders of the athlete himself.
If the Malkin case was examined by an American court, then everything will be decided within the framework of Russian jurisdiction. That is, even if the hockey player leaves for a foreign league and refuses to pay the club that raised him, the debt will not go anywhere. And if he has property in Russia or bank accounts in Russia, the money will be debited from them. If the hockey player is a goal like a falcon, they will wait for something to appear to be written off. Then there are two options – not to return to Russia at all or to return, but to pay compensation.
Suppose conditional Vasily Podkolzin – The 10th draft pick in 2019 – decides to leave for Vancouver after the end of its current contract with SKA, that is, without having won back the due date in Russia. And Vancouver, interested in an attacker, will agree to give him money to pay compensation (and then subtract the amount from bonuses or salaries).
And what to do conditional Andrew Altybarmakyanuwho left for Chicago this spring? So far, the maximum that he can count on in North America is the AHL, where salaries are much lower and competition is high. Would the Blackhawks want to bother and pay him extra bonuses so that he could pay off his debts in Russia, or would they prefer instead to sign a contract with a Finnish, Canadian or American?
The same is with children who want to leave at 16-17 years old, for example, as Vasily Ponomarev did last year. Junior leagues in North America are not considered professional, salaries for players are not allowed there. There are payouts, but they can more likely be called pocket money. And although many CHL clubs are quite wealthy and prosperous, will they want to pay for the Russian legionnaire from their own pockets?
Suppose, for promising players, for example, Matvey Michkov, they may fork out (and this is not a fact). But because of the middle peasants, nobody will definitely not strain. You can stop a mass departure in this way, but retaining great talents will still fail.
Then why is such a law needed? The middle peers will remain, but they will not become a serious gain for the league or the national team. Top players will find ways to get out – or the NHL club will pay for them, or they will generally refuse to return. Russian clubs will begin to receive some money for their students, but the negative background will increase. Wouldn’t it be easier to conclude a transfer agreement and calmly receive, if not the most huge payments, but guaranteed for everyone?
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