OT: NHL CBA Talks have been...stalled...
September 1st, 2012 at 12:53 AM ^
Thanks for making me feel important and wanted, NHL.
September 1st, 2012 at 12:56 AM ^
because college hockey might very well be the only hockey you'll see on tv. Unless you're in Canada or in a state that has minor league coverage.
September 1st, 2012 at 1:21 AM ^
The last strike was too recent. It took a long time for fans to come back fully. They'll lose some outright with this.
September 1st, 2012 at 7:16 AM ^
September 1st, 2012 at 2:22 PM ^
Last lockout, you mean.
It's been the owners causing the labor stoppage both time.
September 1st, 2012 at 1:22 AM ^
Gary Bettman can go f*** himself for all I care, but he'll probally have Sidney Crosby do it for him anyway
September 1st, 2012 at 1:49 AM ^
Fuck you very much, Bettman.
September 1st, 2012 at 2:04 AM ^
I can't even hate Bettman. He has no power, and is just a puppet for the owner. At least Goodell, Stern, and Selig have some cajones behind them, Bettman is just a walking talking puppet
September 1st, 2012 at 2:07 AM ^
how is this guy still in charge after all these years.
September 1st, 2012 at 8:48 AM ^
The owners are making a lot of money. He's actually doing his job well. It's just that his job has nothing to do with the good of the game.
September 1st, 2012 at 3:27 AM ^
What Chris Chelios said about him way back in '94 rings even truer right now. Someone should assassinate the guy. Please.
September 1st, 2012 at 5:20 AM ^
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September 1st, 2012 at 9:07 AM ^
September 1st, 2012 at 7:56 AM ^
September 1st, 2012 at 8:06 AM ^
September 1st, 2012 at 9:10 AM ^
Too many teams aren't making money. The players won't let the league contract because of the loss of jobs. Athletes have just gotten too greedy and too entitled. The NHL used to get great press about how "different" they were than athletes in other sports. Now, they're just as bad as the rest.
The owners have to lease the stadiums, pay the staff, and pay the front office out of their "half." Exactly what do players have to do with theirs? I think we all know the answer to that. Players are not entitled to "half" of anything.
September 1st, 2012 at 9:24 AM ^
September 1st, 2012 at 10:41 AM ^
The players have to PLAY. Yeah. No players. No sport. No money.
September 1st, 2012 at 9:54 AM ^
K Thnx Bai.
September 1st, 2012 at 10:34 AM ^
maybe now the players will start their own league. it only needs to happen in one sport before ownership completely loses all leverage in every sport.
September 1st, 2012 at 11:32 AM ^
If someone came to you and said, basically, we're going to take such an amount of your salary in escrow as to equate to a 15 or 20 percent reduction in your pre-tax earnings you'd be pretty angry about it.
The owners didn't sign a great deal (though they themselves imposed it) after the last lockout. Then, they screwed over the weakest teams by signing players to huge back end loaded deals. Then, hat in hand, they went around and begged teams like Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton, Detroit, Philadelphia, Boston and New York to essentially subidize their mistakes.
That league is run like a monkey screwing a football.