hockeytown9321
Registered User
- Jun 18, 2004
- 2,358
- 0
cw7 said:We're just re-packageing the same discussions. Having the same arguments. It gets old, quick. Something new would be nice, but I gave up on that a couple months ago.
You see it from one perspective, I might see it from another. The problem is that there seems to be a brick wall between the two with many who post here, they're not open to ideas and thoughts other than their own. So the same thing happens every time; regardless if a certain point is factual and/or logical, that doesn't get through to the ones looking at this with a narrow-minded, singular perspective. In essense, it's not real communication, just the same banter as it was before. It becomes insanity after a while; doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result.
It shouldn't matter to us if one side is right or wrong, or if won side wins or loses. If the end result is that each team is given the opportunity to be competitive as well as financially healthy, we shouldn't give a damn how that comes about. And you might not see it (or want to see it), but way too many people discuss from a right-wrong, win-lose premise. They keep on that narrow road, not willing to try and think about it another way. Thus, the discussions turn confrontational andend up going nowhere. And I use the word discussion very liberally. Only a handful keep an open mind to all the possibilities, reading and learning as much as they can to get each side of each story. But not nearly enough to keep these "discussions" going forward.
That doesn't happen every single time, just most times. A pity, really.
I'm very open ot other ideas, I think there do need to be changes (look at the proposal i posted a few days ago). I don't care how much the players make. i don't care what they system is. As a fan of the Detroit Red Wings, all I want is the ability to build a team, like they've done for 20 years, and not have to break it up because if a cap. I'm not trying to limit the other team's ability to do that. If they build a better team than we do, good for them. So far no one has shown me how that can happen under a cap. I think there is a way to do it and keep the league healthy without a cap. I think if the owners force the season to be missed because of their unwillingness to compromise, there will be so much damage done to the game that a cap, or luxury tax, or market, or any other goddamn sysytem they invent won't be able to fix it.