Random Sports Observations
By theseed2005 on February 16, 2005 - 8:48am
Observation Number 1
Owners & Players of the NHL. Congratulations - job well done! The season is now on the verge cancellation. Who do we blame? Personally, I don’t care. I know not caring is a sign of my lack of intelligence. It must be. Surely my IQ must be in the toilet spiraling down uncontrollably not being compassionate to the plight of these individuals. To break it down further, let us take a brief look at them individually.
Owners
How dare you continue on with the oppression of the players. It is ridiculous that you expect them to survive on an average salary of 1.8 million a year. They add so much to North American culture after-all. In fact, in a large portion of the States they rank below Women’s Bowling in popularity. Sure athletes in a major league sport of such magnitude deserves to be paid at such an astronomical levels. Shame on you for shutting down a business that is so profitable that you can afford the losses just to make a point. You are no better than the McDonald’s outside of Squamish, British Columbia that choose to close down when a union was put in place to avoid closing down in the future when it could not sustain its existence.
Players
You win. You have shown your tremendous resolve. Your solidarity. Kudos to you. You have avoided the salary cap. You have had to live on your union pay of $5,000 - $10,ooo per month. How do you do it? It appears that a large portion of you have gone to Europe and taken jobs from players who cannot play at your elite level. Others are playing in what are basically beer leagues for teams such as The Motor City Mechanics for a pittance of $500 per week. Good work, you now are up to between $7,000 - $12,000 per month. Way-to-go you have avoided the soup lines. Who cares if you have put marginal players out of jobs. “If they don’t want to lose their jobs they should be as good as us.
