[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Aug 29 2005, 01:14 PM\']IMO, buying the NHL was a mistake--ratings were already horrible...and I don't expect much of an increase after these highly paid athletes were crying and whining for a year.
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With apologies for the threadjack, I will, once again, point out that said athletes were completely willing to play under the terms of the current CBA while this was ironed out, and that it was the owners doing the majority of the crying and whining. And that the owners more or less acheived a Humiliating Total Victory in this whole thing.
Not to suggest that there isn't blame to be laid at the feet of both sides of the issue, or that this will turn out to be a genius investment that will launch the NHL past Driving In A Counterclockwise Circle, but if you are gonna have an opinion, at least try to make it an informed one.