I've been filling the gap with QMJHL hockey. Watched the Rocket get a second consecutive shutout last night against the Sherbrooke Phoenix. Attendance is still a little on the low side though; a little better than 1500 last night.
I'm beginning to not give a shi t. Both the players and the owners are over paid and
not nearly enough money gets down to the minor hockey teams who provide a good
number of the players to the NHL teams. Enough is enough....:roll:
No. The season may not happen because the player's fake union (real unions don't have their members go to Europe/some other employer as soon as issues arise, to take on other employment and say "f*** ya" to their less skilled brethren, and real unions don't negotiate individual contracts based on perceived skill, but collective deals based on seniority) isn't willing to recognize that although revenues have grown to 3.3 billion, 18 of the 30 teams are still losing money. Now we can point to some incompetence in management of those teams but when a problem is that wide spread, it speaks about the trouble the industry (in this case sport) is in.Anyone following this knows full well the season may or may not happen. Owners are in trouble because their ego's engaged in a greed fest to get the best and even if they had to buy a team, they would pay Well they handed out money like it was candy and now of course the whole thing is out of control.Fifty fifty is fair if applied fairly, it is not being done fairly however. The owners are saying fifty fifty when they know that is not the case. They want to scale back existing contracts that were already signed previously.
If it were fifty fifty however existing contracts be honored then a deal is possible. At present there is no deal and there won't be for some time. Yes greed is at the bottom of this but isn't greed a primary factor in good ole free enterprise? Besides the owners engaged in ego inflation and greed even before the players. Now they are about to pay the price.
The real problem is Gary Bettman who insists on keeping teams in markets that will never be hockey towns, anymore than Detroit will ever build a stadium for ping pong players. The NHL is troubled and will be for a long time to come.
real unions don't have their members go to Europe/some other employer as soon as issues arise, to take on other employment and say "f*** ya" to their less skilled brethren,
Anyone following this knows full well the season may or may not happen.
Owners are in trouble because their ego's engaged in a greed fest to get
the best and even if they had to buy a team, they would pay Well they
handed out money like it was candy and now of course the whole thing is
out of control.
Fifty fifty is fair if applied fairly, it is not being done fairly however. The owners
are saying fifty fifty when they know that is not the case. They want to scale
back existing contracts that were already signed previously.
If it were fifty fifty however existing contracts be honored then a deal is possible.
At present there is no deal and there won't be for some time.
Yes greed is at the bottom of this but isn't greed a primary factor in good ole
free enterprise? Besides the owners engaged in ego inflation and greed even
before the players. Now they are about to pay the price.
The real problem is Gary Bettman who insists on keeping teams in markets that
will never be hockey towns, anymore than Detroit will ever build a stadium for
ping pong players. The NHL is troubled and will be for a long time to come.
You mean other unionized guys don't take other jobs when on strike? I suggest you open your eyes.
I really don't care if they take the next 5 years off.
:smile: Good on ya, Taloola.
Our local animal shelter sometimes has purebred labs, and we've come close, but realize we can really only have one dog due to lifestyle, and no cats, due to allergies.
Retriever training used to be a blast back when. I somewhat miss it.
The hockey world might find itself without a solid fan base pretty soon. It lost my interest years ago.
Life goes on.
yes, you have definitely being paying attention. they offered the players around 43% of the
share, which was insulting,
I find it infuriating that the players can't even take a fifty-fifty split on the profits when they're all ready getting millions. Fighting over money is ruining the game.
Obviously, you aren't following the issue, because they both asked for 50/50. That's not what they are going on about.