Hicks using reserves to fund teams

Interest reserves are typically established in loans for borrowers to use if they can’t meet interest payments, but this loan was structured to allow Hicks to use it for other needs. Some finance sources not connected with the loan expressed shock that Hicks would be allowed to use the reserve in this fashion, because it means he is using the money of the bankers, who are not being paid, to fund the teams. If the interest reserve is near empty, it could put pressure on the National Hockey League to forward money to the Stars the way Major League Baseball did with the Rangers this summer. The NHL, which has to approve each time Hicks taps the reserves, declined to comment.

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