No games in 2012-13 doesn't mean no income for National Hockey League owners.

The owners have warned players they'll be locked out for the second time in eight years if a new collective bargaining agreement isn't in place by the time the old one expires Sept. 15.

But if a potential lockout lasts the entire season, the owners will still collect a large chunk of change from NBC.

According to Yahoo! Sports, the NHL's contract with NBC calls for the owners to get paid even if the season is canceled by a lockout.

The last time around, the NHL had no national TV contract in the United States. This time, the league has a 10-year deal worth $2 billion.

So even if there's a lockout, the 30 ownership groups will have $200 million to split this season.

"The $200 million payment might be a lump sum or incremental; either way, the League is getting its money from NBC even if there's no product to put on the air, according to (player agent Allan) Walsh," wrote Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo!

"Interesting that if the season is wiped out, the NHL/NBC deal would be extended to 2021-22 and that this season's payment would cover it. We still don't think this lockout wipes out a season — this isn't the philosophical, reinventing the entire economic system debate we had back in 2004-05.

"But just in case ... the NHL's still getting paid."

Players are being asked to make concessions that include reducing their share of revenues, limiting the length of contracts to five years, eliminating arbitration and extending the waiting period for unrestricted free agency from seven to 10 years.

What do you think? Does the TV deal give the owners more incentive to lock out the players and does it change who you support in the NHL's latest labor dispute?

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