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union steals $102 million from employee
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2 Re: union steals $102 million from employee Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:56 am
grumpy old man
administrator
Good one Deank. That'll get er, someone, going...
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3 Re: union steals $102 million from employee Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:58 am
Deank
contributor eminence
heh.. meant to get everyone going.
4 Re: union steals $102 million from employee Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:13 am
AGEsAces
moderator
i say good for them!!!
$102 million for a single player is ridiculous.
That kind of money should be buying an ENTIRE TEAM!!!
In an economy where people can barely afford to pay their mortgage, and they propose stupid contracts like that? Even if I WAS a hockey fan...it's announcements like that which make me not want to attend games even more. ESPECIALLY when I know I wouldn't be getting my money's worth anyway. It's not like I'd go to his game and he'd be walking on water (oh wait...bad example).
For that kind of money...I would expect him to play EVERY GAME (even if he had a broken leg), and score a dozen goals per game (unless he's a goalie...didn't look...but then he should NEVER get scored on).
$102 million for a single player is ridiculous.
That kind of money should be buying an ENTIRE TEAM!!!
In an economy where people can barely afford to pay their mortgage, and they propose stupid contracts like that? Even if I WAS a hockey fan...it's announcements like that which make me not want to attend games even more. ESPECIALLY when I know I wouldn't be getting my money's worth anyway. It's not like I'd go to his game and he'd be walking on water (oh wait...bad example).
For that kind of money...I would expect him to play EVERY GAME (even if he had a broken leg), and score a dozen goals per game (unless he's a goalie...didn't look...but then he should NEVER get scored on).
5 Re: union steals $102 million from employee Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:34 am
grumpy old man
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It is obscene isn't it? We are our own worse enemy...
6 Re: union steals $102 million from employee Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:06 pm
rosencrentz
uber-contributor
It is good, because pay schedules like that eliminated those $7 Seven-Eleven nose bleed seats, that allowed me to take my 4 kids to a hockey game!
7 Re: union steals $102 million from employee Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:40 pm
Deank
contributor eminence
If all NHL salaries were cut in half today.. right now. And a corresponding ticket reduction was done as well. Would the game be better off? Worse?
8 Re: union steals $102 million from employee Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:24 pm
AGEsAces
moderator
you forgot..it wouldn't change at all Dean.
In fact, if all the player's salaries were cut in half today...whether ticket prices changed or not...the game would not suffer at all...PROVIDED...there was nowhere else for those players to go to make more money again.
Most of those players would still play.
A couple of whiners would quit thinking they were making a "statement", but after a very short time...everyone would forget who they were and what they were trying to prove.
In fact, if all the player's salaries were cut in half today...whether ticket prices changed or not...the game would not suffer at all...PROVIDED...there was nowhere else for those players to go to make more money again.
Most of those players would still play.
A couple of whiners would quit thinking they were making a "statement", but after a very short time...everyone would forget who they were and what they were trying to prove.
9 Re: union steals $102 million from employee Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:33 pm
Deank
contributor eminence
I think it might be a little better as more people would be attending games perhaps in some of the lower sales arenas. More fans always pumps a game up.
10 Re: union steals $102 million from employee Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:39 pm
AGEsAces
moderator
Perhaps...but it doesn't change the abilities of the players.
11 Re: union steals $102 million from employee Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:49 pm
Deank
contributor eminence
I disagree
having a crowd behind you or against you even, pumps you up like mad and takes the game to another level
having a crowd behind you or against you even, pumps you up like mad and takes the game to another level
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