Congratulations, NHL. You are now the laughingstock of the sports world. As if you weren’t before.
You know, when athletes and owners in other sports fight like little children, they at least settle the dispute, kiss and make up. Not the NHL.
Hockey players and owners stay little children.
In every other sport, the owners are the bad guys and they usually figure it out and give players what they deserve.
Not in the NHL.
The players obviously don’t know who watches their sport: comparatively nobody. If you don’t have the fan support of other sports, you’re just not going to get paid as much.
Honestly, the NHL owners’ offer was remarkably good for the players. A $1 million average salary? Who are these players kidding?
You play hockey, take what you can or try another sport.
What really bothers me is that the owners’ tried as hard as they could to come to an agreement. Even at the end of the deal, with the season on the line, the owners’ raised their cap offer to what they knew would lose them money, just to save the season for the fans.
Ah, the fans. What do you think you play for anyway, you selfish losers. Nobody cares about your statistics, your endorsements or who you’re currently married to…except fans. Fans keep this game alive.
Are you so naCB/ve that you think canceling the whole season won’t lose you fans? I have been a hockey fan practically since birth, and I know that a lot of hockey fans are that way.
The die hard fans are the ones that stay with you when you suck, when you win the Stanley Cup, and even when teams trade favorite players. The die hard fan is also the one you will lose by canceling a season. To give no respect or credence to these people who have kept your sport alive is not just selfish, it’s criminal.
How many marquee players have we heard from in the last few days that will play in Europe next year if the lockout continues?
Do you think people will watch a bunch of scabs wearing hallowed team jerseys, play in their team’s arenas, and play a bunch of scabs in the jerseys of their arch-rivals? I don’t think so.
So don’t be surprised when you have arenas that are half empty, fewer people watching your games on TV, and fewer fans wearing your merchandise.
You just struck a crushing blow to every fan who has loved your sport for their entire life.
People who live for playoff hockey are devastated.
You just proved to the fans who support you that you don’t care about them.
By not saving the season, you just advertised your greed to the world.
If you’re not careful, you might lose more than just a few bucks next season.
