No NHL --- Does anyone care?

[_RaT_]

I was listening to a talk show this afternoon talking about the survival of professional sports, particularly hockey. Out here in California we hardly even know what hockey is much less the rules and how it's played. Professional sports in general is perhaps finally getting the reality check it needs. Lots of hype and less easily hyped people. I think basketball may be next, football and whats that other sport where everyone stands around while the other team sits? Hockey just never really caught on out West. I gather it's the dominant professional sport in Canada. Perhaps we will settle for college hockey and then maybe some Olympic hockey, but that's OK by me.

 

[shoppintractors]

Now....we have to watch basketball to see a brawl. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Don

 

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

Spring training is here, baseball games start March 3, we open the home season against BOSTON and we have the BIG Unit, life is good. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

What is the NHL?? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Egon]

I've not been able to afford the price of tickets or had the inclination to attend a game for years. Watch parts of games on TV though. Probably have to pay though due to additional cost of products the advertizing cost will add.

There is talk about the loss of collateral income in a community. I have questions on wether there is a real loss or not. My thinking is there is a finite amount of disposable income available. This income will be channeled into other areas so there is no real loss in a community.

Egon

 

[BB_TX]

Egon - I agree with you in principle that there will be little overall economic impact. If someone has a $100 that he does not spend on a game, he will spend it somewhere else. Just transferred from one pocket to another. At the same time, there are a lot of people, probably mostly low income, that are employed in game related work that will be affected.

 

[BubbaJr]

<font color="blue"> No NHL --- Does anyone care? </font>

NO !!! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[jwstewar]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( No NHL --- Does anyone care? )</font>

I care - because I'm tired of hearing about "Oh the season is going to be canceled." I'm glad they finally did cancel it, now we won't have to keep hearing about whether they are or aren't going to cancel it. Now if they can get the strike/lock-out (whichever it is) settled so they can go back and be the obscure sport that nobody cares about again. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[slowrev]

I don't care either. Between working full time, home repairs and improvements and working/playing with my tractors...well for me I would rather do these things than watch the tube. Have a heated workshop for winter too /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Ben

 

[Wingnut]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Got to say, I'm a big hockey fan. Grew up playing it and love to watch it. However, I've been very irritated by the recent developments and I'm having no trouble finding things to do instead of watching "Hockey Night in Canada".

Anyone missing it?

Kevin )</font>

Last time I cared about hockey was back in the days before Peter Puck "sold" the great Gretz. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif I had a couple of people up from Michigan and decided to treat them to a pro hockey game. This was a non-expense account deal .... paid for 3 gold tickets out of my pocket. Oilers vs. Flames .... and absolutely the worst, most boring game I'd ever seen. None of the players seemed very interested in playing .... passes were desultory, shots on goal were nerf shots ... basically, I'd never seen a peewee, junior or minor league game that bad ... heck, I don't recall too many pick=up games that boring.
Last time the NHL got any of my money.
In fact, I've stuck with the big dish satellite tv system just because it's ala carte ... I pick what I want to pay for .... and no sports channels are included. I refuse to contribute to multi-million dollar contracts for guys who can dunk a ball, or slap a puck, or what a horsehide, or catch a pigskin, or hit a golfball, tennis ball, or volleyball ... oh wait, I might make an exception for womens beach volleyball, /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Henro]

Add me to the Nope! side... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

At least now I understand what the original post was about... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif