I think this is more on the owners. They made a deal 8 years ago, now they want out. Bullshit. If your team dont make money , move or fold. Less teams would actually mean a better league. The players that would lose out are the marginal ones that shouldn't be in the watered-down league to begin with.
Who agreed to sign all those ridiculous long-term contracts, the OWNERS. Now they want to pay only a percentage of the contract. Like they need a new deal to protect them from .... well.... THEMSELVES. I have no sympathy for a bunch of billionaires who cant control their own spending.
The ones that pay in the end are of course , the fans. My Dad's Rangers tickets have gone from $30 a game to $150 a game in 20 years. Beer from $4 to $9.50. $5.00 hot dogs? come on. Seriously , who can even afford to go to more than 5-10 games a year. There was a time I went to 35-40 Rangers games a year, now I go once or twice a season. Playoffs maybe 1 game a round now. I went to 4 playoff games last year (NYR 0-4) . In 94' playoffs I went to every home game + 3 away games.
They don't give a sh*t about real fans that made their sport what it is. It's all $$$. But, I guess that's every sport now. All I can say is thank God for HD TV.
One other thing . STOP giving teams a point for LOSING. OR give 3 pts for a win like soccer. A 5-2 regulation win should not be the same as a SO win. Never ever ever.
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