It seems like just yesterday that we lost an entire National Hockey League season to a lockout. The owners and players could not agree on a collective bargaining agreement and as a result, there was no 2004-05 NHL season.
It seems absurd that we could be faced with yet another lockout less than a decade later, but the 1994-95 season was shortened to just 48 games due to lockout, so this could actually be the third one in under 20 years. All have come under Commissioner Gary Bettman's watch.
I know that there are a lot of aspects that must be considered when trying to find a balance and a collective bargaining agreement that suites both sides. The NHL is after all, a billion dollar industry.
However, to us fans, it's simply millionaires fighting with billionaires. Most of us can only dream of playing hockey professionally and making millions of dollars doing so, let alone having the net worth of an NHL owner!
Bottom line, a CBA needs to be ratified and a deal needs to get done to prevent Commissioner Bettman from getting his lockout hat trick.
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Why the National Hockey League Must Not Lockout
August 17th, 2012 by Joey Suyeishi Leave a reply »
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