Larry Fisher
Registered User
Watching TSN tonight and caught a last minute comment from Gino Reda that got me thinking.
He said something to the effect of, 'No other professional sports league has excepted a salary cap...talks broke down and the cap was enforced.'
If that is so then what is the hold up here. Why are there even proposals on the table? Why don't the owners pick one of their 6 'fixes' and ENFORCE it. Worst case and most likely scenario the players strike but the league continues.
Replacement players are brought in for the time being until either the players take too much heat from the media or the fans begin to forget about the 'used to be's' and take a liking to the lesser paid and marginally lesser talented replacements.
Is this a legitimate possibility and if not WHY? Did I misunderstand Reda? Does he have his facts crossed?
Can players leave the Union? How does this Union work...say a young marquis player such as Heatley decides the owners system is sufficient for his needs and he wants to get back to playing in the NHL...does he have the right/priviledge of boycotting the union and lace them up under Bettman & Co.'s new system?
What's the scoop and what would your opinion be if say Xmas is approaching and Bettman announces that the owners are in favour of this system and the players have the option to play under that system or strike, in which replacement players would brought in?
P.S. I miss hockey already and the lockout has NOT last 30 minutes in Alberta...
He said something to the effect of, 'No other professional sports league has excepted a salary cap...talks broke down and the cap was enforced.'
If that is so then what is the hold up here. Why are there even proposals on the table? Why don't the owners pick one of their 6 'fixes' and ENFORCE it. Worst case and most likely scenario the players strike but the league continues.
Replacement players are brought in for the time being until either the players take too much heat from the media or the fans begin to forget about the 'used to be's' and take a liking to the lesser paid and marginally lesser talented replacements.
Is this a legitimate possibility and if not WHY? Did I misunderstand Reda? Does he have his facts crossed?
Can players leave the Union? How does this Union work...say a young marquis player such as Heatley decides the owners system is sufficient for his needs and he wants to get back to playing in the NHL...does he have the right/priviledge of boycotting the union and lace them up under Bettman & Co.'s new system?
What's the scoop and what would your opinion be if say Xmas is approaching and Bettman announces that the owners are in favour of this system and the players have the option to play under that system or strike, in which replacement players would brought in?
P.S. I miss hockey already and the lockout has NOT last 30 minutes in Alberta...