It's not the NHL owners who are the problem, it's the players. I used to think the owners were in the wrong, but I've changed my mind. Why should the players -- who get millions, regardless of whether or not the stands are full -- share in the owners' profits? If they want to do that, then they have to share in the losses, or donate part of their bloated and distended salaries to the team.
That's the logic of it. The players, who take absolutely no risk, have the nerve to demand a percentage of the gate. That's completely ludicrous.
A few years ago, B and I were talking about the preposterous salaries paid NHLers. We came up with this scheme: Every player signed starts out at $100,000. A value is then assigned each goal and salaries increase accordingly. For goalies, compensation would be based on the number of saves. Logical and simple. Of course, it will never happen now, thanks to greedy players, their insatiable families and most particularly avaricious agents.
So, "unreasonable" and "absurd" will continue to define hockey.
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