Modern Use of the Ninth Amendment. Today, the Ninth Amendment is used mainly to stop the government from expanding their power rather than just limiting their power. Sometimes, courts try to use the Ninth Amendment as a way to provide and enforce rights that are not actually talked about in the Constitution.
Top NHL officials now cap out at a maximum salary of around $300,000, while players earn a league minimum of over $500,000. Two fourth-line thugs can pound away at each other for a combined income of at least a million dollars, while the linesmen â earning significantly less â are left to jump in and break it up.
From the Hartford Courant in 1997: â[Linesmen] top out at $125,000 on the union scale after 24 years, roughly 60 percent of what senior referees make.â That works out to a senior referee salary of $208,000, or $310,000 in 2014 dollars.NHL players donât get paid in the playoffs â at least, not formally.rom the Hartford Courant in 1997: â[Linesmen] top out at $125,000 on the union scale after 24 years, roughly 60 percent of what senior referees make.â That works out to a senior referee salary of $208,000, or $310,000 in 2014 dollars. NHL players donât get paid in the playoffs â at least, not formally.