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NHL to cancel season at Wednesday news conference in New York
(CP) - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman will announce the cancellation of the 2004-05 season at a news conference Wednesday in New York, following the failure of both sides in the labour dispute to get a deal on paper by his weekend deadline.
Losers.
Initially a source said the announcement was set for Tuesday, but it was changed to Wednesday. It appears the reason was last-minute talks Monday between the two sides - a session confirmed by another source.
Ah, the "faint hope" clause. The "Hail Mary" play. Take the rabid old dog behind the woodshed and blow the mother away...
The NHL will become the first major professional league in North America to cancel an entire season from start to finish. But Bettman says the damage the NHL will suffer as a result is worth it in order to get "cost certainty" for his owners.
Bettman, you ass. The only thing you've got is "revenue certainty": ie: zero revenue from me, from my family, from everyone for the foreseeable future. You've bought yourself "profit uncertainty" - how many fair-weather, barely-caring fans (ie. Vancouver Canucks fans) will find something else to do PERMANENTLY?
The NHL and NHL Players' Association met for more than five hours with U.S. federal mediators in Washington on Sunday but still could not make any progress. Bettman and NHLPA executive director Bob Goodenow were not at the meeting. Bill Daly, the NHL's executive vice-president and chief legal officer, and outside counsel Bob Batterman represented the league while NHLPA senior director Ted Saskin and outside counsel John McCambridge were there for the union.
Oh, I see: A flunky fight.
Trying real hard to resolve this one aren't you boys? I wonder how many Molson Patriots will still define themselves by their favourite sport when this idiocy drags on into 2006? 2007?
How deep are the owners' pockets anyway? Millionaire players can cruise by on savings from previous seasons, or play in Europe, but if the situation was so dire for the owners, wouldn't a lack of gate/concession receipts be enough to put these supposedly ailing franchises out of business for good? Why aren't the banks moving in on them?
Deep pockets, indeed.
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In the long run the owners are going to win this one. What will the players get? An average salary of $1.36 million and possibly a few less teams to employ them.
If that's true long-term, then maybe those teams shouldn't exist, as economically they make no sense.
The sheer length of this stoppage will hurt everyone involved, long term. As this drags out everyone loses...and everyone is at fault.
I have no sympathy for either side.
I don't even think a cap will save the league as it stands now without revenue sharing and a decent US TV contract - maybe not NBA or NFL scale or national, but something...