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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: F Sox |
| Date | Fri, 29 Oct 2004 19:57:15 -0400 |
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At Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 18:04:09 Billy wrote:
>As long as we have George Stienbrenner out spending every other team (along
>with other owners who follow his lead), greedy players and agents who want
>the
>best deal they can get, along with a iron-fisted players union that has won
>every labor battle since the mid 70's we will have this huge payroll
>disparity
>between large and medium/small market teams.
Wow. Deja vu, Batman.
This is the exact scenerio that has shutdown the NHL...and hockey for this
year. The teams want to cap the player salaries (because it currently
accounts for 72% of all team revenues). The players balked because they're
used to 5,6,7,8 million dollar salaries. The teams caved over this issue in
1994 just so that the league could carry on...it destroyed several small
market franchises like the Winnipeg Jets and the Quebec Nordique because
they couldn't afford to out-spend the other teams.
However, during THIS episode all the teams have stuck together and shutdown
the league indefinitely. The players are in for a real shock when they
finally realize that there is no deadline on re-establishing talks or
negotiations. The teams will be declaring a dead season on December
2nd...and may even dismantle the league itself, and break the union, should
it carry on into the Spring.
The lower pay tiered players have already headed to Europe to play for 1/8
of the salaries their fighting for just to keep fit and do SOMETHING while
the NHL and the Players Association stare at their navels.
Jaimie Vernon,
Truly not a sports person, but have been following this bizarre hockey
"lockout" for some reason.
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