Anyone see this quote by Roenick?

[Dr Love]

True enough but with a good PR person all the players would have to do to spin things in their favor is to announce that they have agreed to cost-certainty, a cap whatever it is to be called to help control ticket prices and make the game more affordable.

With that out there the owners would have no choice but to lower prices or alienate fans even more.

True. But what is to keep them from raising them back to the levels they are out now over the course of a few seasons? My point is the players can put all the pressure they want on the owners to make concessions for the fans, but ultamitely it is owner's control.

Except in Toronto where they can seemingly raise ticket prices every year, then not spend that money on improving the team, and fans don't care.

 

[Ar-too]

"Bob and Gary are our leaders and they owe it to the 730 players, the 30 owners, the countless number of fans and the hundreds of thousands of people who are affected by this, to give it one last shot. If the season is cancelled without one last shot or without their best efforts, there will be serious consequences for both parties and the sport."

It's going to be pretty easy to count the fans of the sport in the US if it's not cleared up soon.