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Originally Posted by shareall' date='Feb 7 2005, 08:22 AM
It's really hard to sympathise with the players not wanting a salary cap when a bunch of them are playing elsewhere for significantly less money. Seems hypocritical to me. :shrugsshoulders:
OTOH I don't see the owners side as particularly virtuous. I think in the end I'm in the corner of the vendors, parking lot owners and most of all the fans who have been loyal for years and paid in most cases exhoritant fees to see the teams they support... financially.
You know what? If a team owner pays too much and the team fold... it folds. That puts more players in the unemployment line and pushes down the price of the good ones. It's about 'what the market can bear' here as it always is.
Final note... in the end it's the players who are locked out. It's not a strike.
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Originally Posted by jedwards' date='Feb 7 2005, 02:14 PM
I understand this completely.
OTOH I don't see the owners side as particularly virtuous. I think in the end I'm in the corner of the vendors, parking lot owners and most of all the fans who have been loyal for years and paid in most cases exhoritant fees to see the teams they support... financially.
You know what? If a team owner pays too much and the team fold... it folds. That puts more players in the unemployment line and pushes down the price of the good ones. It's about 'what the market can bear' here as it always is.
Final note... in the end it's the players who are locked out. It's not a strike.
OTOH I don't see the owners side as particularly virtuous. I think in the end I'm in the corner of the vendors, parking lot owners and most of all the fans who have been loyal for years and paid in most cases exhoritant fees to see the teams they support... financially.
You know what? If a team owner pays too much and the team fold... it folds. That puts more players in the unemployment line and pushes down the price of the good ones. It's about 'what the market can bear' here as it always is.
Final note... in the end it's the players who are locked out. It's not a strike.
Both sides need to find a way to come to an agreement, or it's all over, which is silly. NHL hockey is ultimately a business venture...not an 'essential service,' as some Canadians might argue.
