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Economic Roadblock
by Paul on 07/10/08 at 02:42 PM ET
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from Al Strachan of Fox Sports,
Three years down the road into economic paradise, the National Hockey League has hit a roadblock.
To some, this comes as no surprise. The Collective Bargaining Agreement that was hammered out after the lockout was clearly headed for trouble. For starters, no matter how many times commissioner Gary Bettman repeated his mantra for the gullible — “We’re doing it for the fans.” — there were three reasons for that lockout, and not one of them involved the well-being of fans.
Bettman wanted (a) to consolidate his power base; (b) to solidify his game plan of expanding the league into regions not familiar with hockey; and (c) to get rid of Bob Goodenow as head of the NHL Players’ Association.
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I think this was obvious two seasons ago when every single ad during playoff time was from Quiznos. We can only look forward to the next lockout in three seasons; Bettman is like the Robert Mugabe of pro sports commissioners: he rejects sound economic principles and starves the fanbase.
Posted by Percy Weaver from New York on 07/10/08 at 04:50 PM ET