HarrySinden said:Let me put it to you this way. If a doctor says to you that you need to stop abusing yourself or you'll die, you've got to stop. But on the other hand, you're the one abusing yourself, you've got to stop. We've got to stop. We have every right to stop.
We've lived up to the collective bargaining agreement in every sense of the words. We don't begrudge or hold it against the players. We gave them every dime coming to them. The end has come and we need to make changes to make this a much better league, a much more viable league, one in which everyone will benefit, including the fans."