no hockey?

Judging from the amount of posts it looks like hockey is going to fade to
black this year with barely a whimper.
While I love hockey, maybe we have all just been nickeled, dimed and bled
dollar upon dollar to death. And we just don't care anymore.
Have we lost a great sport forever?
Much more serious than any previous baseball or football strike. This is a
lockout where the big losers are the fans.

Meanwhile we sit back and condone players reaping millions upon millions
of dollars on who's back???? You got it. Ours.

We need more reasonable wages for players and more reasonable prices for
tickets, parking, hot dogs and sodas. Owners also need to be more
realistic in their obligation to the fans.
They used to be family oriented sporting events. Now all you get are the
priveleged in their sky boxes and drunken slobs in the grandstands.

So while a great sport like hockey dies the rest of you just keep
patronizing the other "major" sports.

If the fans ever get a clue how badly they are being ripped off, these
cretins we call atheletes will have to scrape for their very existence,
just as we do.

"maskott" <byrde55@go.com> wrote in message
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> If the fans ever get a clue how badly they are being ripped off, these
> cretins we call atheletes will have to scrape for their very existence,
> just as we do.
>
>

Keep in mind that these "cretins" are the ones you are interested in
watching.Also keep in mind that not one NHL player makes one dollar more
than an owner was willing to give him. So if you want to complain about what
athletes make and how much it costs to see them play, I won't argue with
you. But the owners just have themselves and their total lack of spending
control for getting them into this pickle. A player can't collect a salary
unless an owner signs on the dotted line.

A bit of backyard psychology:
One reason why teams don't control their spending better is a simple
thing called "competitive instinct." Yanks owner Steinbrenner has this,
in spades. I think there are a handful of hockey owners who have it, as
well. Nobody wants to be in last place, and if XYZ player can get you
some wins, what the hell? This competition for players, and players'
willingness to play teams off of each other, is what drives salaries
upward in EVERY sport, not just hockey. A salary cap would limit this
ability to overspend, and that's exactly what players DON'T want to
happen.

Dan-O

I guess you're illustrating my point, that the owners need a cap to save
them from themselves. When they say "what the hell?" when they sign a player
to help them get some wins, shouldn't they be concerned about whether they
can actually honor that contract?