Betmans just an anoying little bastard in general, I dunno why
But I back him and the owners on this whole thing, the players want to be paid like baseball/basketball/football players, but the truth is most americans don't give a rats ass about hockey, which mean not as much revenue as the other big three sports.
People always talk about the 'Big 4' sports, but in reality it's the big three, and then hockey a little behind. For that reason the NHL players cannot be paid the same as other pro althetes. They can be paid pretty close, but they will have to do away with the rediculous contracts like Jagr's and stop giving plugs like Tie Domi a couple million dollars year. Otherwise no person in their right mind would want to own an NHL team knowing they are more than likely going to lose money. The NHL cannot survive without some sort of a salary cap, the players must realize this, or there with be no NHL one day.
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