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shinkdew wrote:
This thing isn't going to get done until the players realize they play a niche sport. 50/50 is a gift, they realistically should get about 40%. It's absolutely absurd for them to think they should get a higher share of revenue than the NFL players do.
Because they play 6 times as many games in the regular season? And I don't think the NFL asked for givebacks of contracts they agreed to literally days before a lockout.
The Islanders are expected to announce today that they are moving to Brooklyn at the end of the 2014-15 season. There are rumors that Wang may have also sold a part of the team, I'm not sure I buy that though.
I'm not a big hockey guy, but with the new Seattle arena approved, I'm pretty stoked about the prospect of getting a team up here. I've been to a couple minor league games and it's always a blast.
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'04-'05 NHL Lockout Enters Ninth Year November 8, 2012 | ISSUE 48•46
NEW YORK—A little less than a decade ago, hockey fans were blessed with a slate of games every night, but on Thursday sources confirmed that for the ninth consecutive year NHL players have been locked out, with very slim hopes of an agreement in sight. “It seems like just yesterday Martin St. Louis and his Lightning teammates were raising the Stanley Cup,” high school hockey coach and onetime ESPN analyst Barry Melrose said. “Obviously, I’m still hoping the two sides can come together and reach an agreement, but I’m starting to think nobody really misses hockey anymore. Nope. Nobody but old Barry. I’d still love to catch an Atlanta Thrashers game.” Observers have noted that when arena doors do reopen, the NHL will face the perhaps greater challenge of convincing fans to return to hockey instead of watching more popular sports like football, basketball, baseball, and SlamBall.
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