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National Hockey League

What is this thing I heard that we will have no fucking Hockey this year.
Is this true?

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Registered: Sep 2004
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Yes. The millionaire union is locked out. We should send them some donations, or they may have to lay off one of their servants.

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I shall be forced to develop an interest in college hockey.

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National what League?

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Registered: Sep 2004
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Bobby Hull is attempting to reserect the WHL (World Hockey League). They have "drafted" several NHL players, although none are signed. Back in '72 Hull was one of the first players signed by the WHL with a million dollar contract, legitimizing an alternative league that was eventually swallowed up by an expanding NHL. Good luck to him!

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quote:

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Originally posted by Daniel
National what League?

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Originally posted by REStrained
Yes.

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quack, quack!

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I live in Edmonton.

No hockey = no Money = I'm moving

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Registered: Jan 2001
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So.... when is "enough" enough? While there may be a small percentage of these professional athletes that are underpaid bt the standards of their sport, I tend to wonder when enough is enough. When you have such exorbitant salaries among the difrferent sports and leagues, it is hard for the common citizen to really feel any empathy for these players. Salaries are going up to such extremes that you can't afford to take your family to a game. Now, I didn't say the owners were guiltless in this but the players salaries are a bigger chunk of higher prices. One example is baseball. In 1999, their average salary passed the 1.7 MILLION dollar mark! To play a game. Now how do they expect the common citizen to relate to or sympathise with that? Basketlball medians are over a million per year and football is the closest to being sane. Looking at this site it shows their are quite a few players making the league minimums; which are still in the low to mid 6 figures.

I've had it. I'm going to stick to college ball. At least until such time they start drawing a salary (which I'll bet is in the not-to-distant future.)

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