Since the last NHL lockout, league revenues have steadily grown at 7 percent per year, to about $3.3 billion. Aubrey Kent, associate professor of sport management at Temple's School of Tourism and Hospitality Management and founding director of the Sport Industry Research Center, writes that the current lockout is hindering this growth. "If you aren’t sure where you stand on this issue, consider that the real sadness of this situation is that the NHL has never been healthier as a business," he wrote.