Next round is on me, Soy. Since when did in become fashionable for "players" to hold "teams" and their "fans" hostage? I think football (NFL) players are the worst, with players "holding out", which is just another form of holding a team "hostage".
With the kind of $$$ being thrown at professional athletes, ideals like a)Honoring your signed contract b)Being "on-time" to the teams schedule c)Morals, are out the window.
It's a "ME FIRST" world we live in. And the more $$$ that's out there, the more it's about the individual!!!
Just my opinion.
| |  | Soylentgreen4u wrote: | | HOW ABOUT ALL THE REST OF THE N.H.L. TEAMS FOLLOWING THE RED WINGS LEAD (IF IN FACT THEY DID DO THIS AS REPORTED) AND TELL MATS SUNDIN AND HIS AGENT THEY'RE NO LONGER INTERESTED. GO JUMP IN THE LAKE,WE'VE WAITED LONG ENOUGH AND THIS GAME IS GETTING TIRESOME!!!....THIS TREND OF SPORTS FIGURES MAKING TEAMS AND FANS ALIKE WAIT A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF TIME TO DECIDE WHERE THEY'LL PLAY IS ABSOLUTE %$#!!$##@%$!!! EVERYDAY PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS ALL THE TIME ABOUT POSSIBLY MOVING WITH REGARD TO EMPLOYMENT,AND IT DOESN'T INCLUDE MILLIONS OF $$$!!!... |
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Be very glade hockey isn't as big as football and baseball is here in the states. I love hockey and right now if i want tickets i can get them. Football is always sold out, or shitty seats and better viewed on t.v.. And baseball is just too slow moving as a sport? Hockey has class. The players that represent the sport are respectable on and off the ice. And they sure are TOUGHER. Although some of the rappers are starting to wear hockey jerseys,
it's nothing to get worried about. They like the colors and logos not the team?
We will not even discuss basketbrawl... The sport where you can choke your coach 
and still be treated like a star?
Football and baseball lead the pack in spoiled grown men. Hockey isn't too far behind. Wouldn't it be nice if you had to prove yourself in the pros, before you are payed like a pro?