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Dolan sucks!!!
This fall, 700 fringe hockey players may face the same thorny choice: cross the picket line and play, or support locked-out NHL stars. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has vowed to open training camps next fall, hinting that replacements might wear the sweaters. When Bettman scans sports labor history, he sees little hazard in hiring backup players.
Major League Baseball paid $5,000 bonuses to help entice Cockrell and other minor-leaguers to stand in for spring-training games in 1995, then saw the strike crumble hours before opening day. The NFL, torn by a strike in 1987, enlisted replacements for three regular-season games. The fans showed up. The strike ended. And the league got what it wanted: a salary cap.
Many NHL fans ache to return to the arena, whether to root for Colorado's Chris Gratton or for Josh Gratton - Chris' cousin and a center for the minor-league Trenton Titans. Josh Gratton has said he would have "no problem" skating as a replacement.
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~84~2754429,00.html
Very good article on replacement players
Major League Baseball paid $5,000 bonuses to help entice Cockrell and other minor-leaguers to stand in for spring-training games in 1995, then saw the strike crumble hours before opening day. The NFL, torn by a strike in 1987, enlisted replacements for three regular-season games. The fans showed up. The strike ended. And the league got what it wanted: a salary cap.
Many NHL fans ache to return to the arena, whether to root for Colorado's Chris Gratton or for Josh Gratton - Chris' cousin and a center for the minor-league Trenton Titans. Josh Gratton has said he would have "no problem" skating as a replacement.
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~84~2754429,00.html
Very good article on replacement players