Except that there's sooo much more money in the NBA than the NHL. tix prices, tv deals, advertisements, etc. it's not even close.
And NHL players think they're special for some reason. Some leagues pay their players 50% of HRR or less - well, the NHLPA will have none of that! they're worth more!
What idiots!! Do they not see basketball everywhere during the season?
NBA $$$$$ >>>> NHL $ - ainec (yet the NHLPA can't see that)
You are calling other people idiots but then read what you put here
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Some leagues pay their players 50% of HRR or less - well, the NHLPA will have none of that! they're worth more!
Great job there Adam Smith
The economics in the NHL and NBA are very similiar despite your claims and repeated use of the > symbol.
Do you know what percentage of revenue the NBA players got in the cba before this current one that they are on ? 57%
Did you know that before the NBA lockout the same number of teams were losing money and were having trouble making the cap floor?
If you actually read the reports out there the apparent holdup on a CBA is the owners reluctance to adopt a meaningful revenue sharing program.
The onus appears to be on the owners more than the players this time around.
Oh god! My freaking eyes! So much burning... What 90's "Xtreme" closet did they find those hideous things in?
I love it when roller players transition over to ice. They usually have some piece of equipment that is all white, they love to dangle, they can't pass and when you hit them they fly off the edge. Then they go back to roller.
Same here. I'm not going to watch a KHL game, hell I barely am missing the NHL right now.
I have football to watch on the weekends, Monday and Thursday. Playing hockey myself on Wednesday nights, Friday night can go out in the city after the long work week. I guess I miss the NHL on Tuesdays
Unfortunately I think there are a lot of people in my shoes, there are just to many other entertainment and sports options. And I consider myself a huge NHL fan, I subscribe to game center and I went to over a dozen games last year without even living in the same market as the team I follow. Guys like me (and most of us on this board) are diehards, yet I just don't see the outcry, it sucks, but we have all moved on and found other things to consume our time. These owners and players are both guilty in overestimating how much the general public is going to miss the NHL.
I find myself more interested in other sports as well, been watching the MLB playoffs and been following the Lakers, which I used to watch more regularly during the Showtime era. This third lockout has made me feel indifferent. I don't care for it.
I dont know how those guys do it. Before my back surgery ended my Hockey non-career, there's NO WAY I could have mixed inline and blade skating. Inline is just so much different and it screwed up my muscle memory for ice. But then again, I dont do it for a living and its not like BR is doing much ice right now.
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the fact that these guys play ice for several hours every single day of their lives, im sure a few hours of inline makes 0 difference.
Its the same as a marathon runner doing sprint training every now and again
Riiiiiight. Thats why what you said is reflected in the very last sentence of my post.
Don't know how many of you watched the KHL game, but my God was it boring.
Probably because you don't have a stake in either of the teams playing.
Hell, even if you are a long-time Kings fan, and watch a Boston - Philly game, you can feel the nostalgia and tradition in watching such a game (especially the playoffs).
So I think naturally any other league would be boring as hell. It is for me...NHL has always been the only league I've ever watched (well, except for the WHA days...now that was some wide-open hockey! ).
Probably because you don't have a stake in either of the teams playing.
Hell, even if you are a long-time Kings fan, and watch a Boston - Philly game, you can feel the nostalgia and tradition in watching such a game (especially the playoffs).
So I think naturally any other league would be boring as hell. It is for me...NHL has always been the only league I've ever watched (well, except for the WHA days...now that was some wide-open hockey! ).
I don't know if that's the thing. I could tune in and watch a CHL game or NCAA game and enjoy it. Hell, even an AHL game, but this particular game in the KHL was just so flat and dull. It had zero intensity. It didn't seem like they were playing for anything and appeared like an exhibition match. Even the pro NHLers or guys who formerly played in North America looked disinterested.
For the love of god and for Nthteenth time. This is NOT every day. This is not your job, or my job. This is not like real life.
Except that it is "real life" for every guy that plays in the NHL. Does the staving African kid get to say your life isn't "real life"? Come on man. About the only thing you got right is that yes, I am not Shea Weber and no, I have never had a CCM endorsement deal.
Whatevs, like I said before I don't really see any point at getting mad about it, least of all at each other.
Don't know how many of you watched the KHL game, but my God was it boring.
I think that was actually a Steve Levy - Barry Melrose Podcast just spouting off about whatever they felt like talking about. Barry mentioned the 5 people he recognized a couple of times, but for the most part they talked about everything from the CBA to the Redwings PA guy who passed away.
Levy with the line of the night "Well, this game won't be on ESPN Classic anytime soon"
I don't know if that's the thing. I could tune in and watch a CHL game or NCAA game and enjoy it. Hell, even an AHL game, but this particular game in the KHL was just so flat and dull. It had zero intensity. It didn't seem like they were playing for anything and appeared like an exhibition match. Even the pro NHLers or guys who formerly played in North America looked disinterested.
It almost seems that they cloned TM to coach just about every team there...
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