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Player6600
February 16th, 2005, 2:59:53 PM
When hockey comes back with a salary cap, I think fans will come back.
Snarf
February 16th, 2005, 3:15:41 PM
I think that some will, but the most will be back. I just hope it is in October in 2005 not sometime in 2006.
HURLS
February 16th, 2005, 3:35:38 PM
Of course the fans will be back. They just talk tough. What else they got to do anyhoo but go see a game? Lacrosse ain't doing the trick.
Forum21
February 16th, 2005, 3:41:33 PM
not me. I'm out.
HURLS
February 16th, 2005, 3:44:39 PM
Good for you, I hope you stick to it. It's fans like you that'll maybe help lower prices for idiots like me.
Karl
February 16th, 2005, 3:46:45 PM
I will be back but I will be pissed for a long while.
Forum21
February 16th, 2005, 3:47:10 PM
Good for you, I hope you stick to it. It's fans like you that'll maybe help lower prices for idiots like me.
who am i kidding anyway?
HURLS
February 16th, 2005, 3:50:20 PM
Ahh, the truth comes out, after a whole 6 minutes. Should have stuck to your guns and lied, lol!
ckg68
February 16th, 2005, 3:58:35 PM
I work Sabres games,so I'll probably be back-it won't be the same,though. Trust me,the damage has already been done and it'll take years to fix. Maybe even decades.
Player6600
February 16th, 2005, 4:10:16 PM
Good for you, I hope you stick to it. It's fans like you that'll maybe help lower prices for idiots like me.
true that
Player6600
February 16th, 2005, 4:11:07 PM
I work Sabres games,so I'll probably be back-it won't be the same,though. Trust me,the damage has already been done and it'll take years to fix. Maybe even decades.
how much lower can you get then the ratings we have gotten
ckg68
February 16th, 2005, 4:14:03 PM
how much lower can you get then the ratings we have gotten

Player,I'm talking about the fans. Some will NEVER return to the game-that's how pissed they are. And I,for one,can't blame them. Others will grouse about it for a while,but return. Kinda like the '94 baseball strike,if you think about it...
Player6600
February 16th, 2005, 4:28:33 PM
Player,I'm talking about the fans. Some will NEVER return to the game-that's how pissed they are. And I,for one,can't blame them. Others will grouse about it for a while,but return. Kinda like the '94 baseball strike,if you think about it...
who cares, hockey has a die-hard fan base then anyone else and others are just bandwagon fans who jump on and off when the team is doing well, that won't change
ckg68
February 16th, 2005, 4:30:12 PM
who cares, hockey has a die-hard fan base then anyone else and others are just bandwagon fans who jump on and off when the team is doing well, that won't change

OK. Go talk to fans in marginal markets(Anaheim,Atlanta,Carolina,etc.)and see what their repsonse is to this whole mess. More than likely,their response will be "What? Hockey won't be played this year? Oh,OK."
Player6600
February 16th, 2005, 4:36:04 PM
OK. Go talk to fans in marginal markets(Anaheim,Atlanta,Carolina,etc.)and see what their repsonse is to this whole mess. More than likely,their response will be "What? Hockey won't be played this year? Oh,OK."
exactly, people aren't angry there because they don't care
24Impala
February 16th, 2005, 7:36:58 PM
as pissed as i am at these guys for not getting a deal done, i'll still come back and watch hockey as if it never left the minute it comes back on
The REAL Sabres
February 16th, 2005, 9:55:30 PM
I'm not really missing it now, but I can say for a fact, I'll be right there at the corner of Washington and Perry come the next Sabres home game and will be watching the next Sabres road game on MSG.
LALAFONTAINE
February 16th, 2005, 10:33:20 PM
Player,I'm talking about the fans. Some will NEVER return to the game-that's how pissed they are. And I,for one,can't blame them. Others will grouse about it for a while,but return. Kinda like the '94 baseball strike,if you think about it...

Yeah, 1994 made me question baseball, and all the crap that has followed it killed it off....the moment in question was the tied All Star game.
PUCKER
February 17th, 2005, 3:04:34 AM
Im pissed,but I will still watch what games we get on TV.
John
February 17th, 2005, 12:35:17 PM
Fans coming "back" is not hockey's problem per se - there are not enough of them to start with. That is a huge difference between baseball and hockey - baseball has a huge fan base, as evidenced by attendance and TV revenues. The strike turned people off, but the game (including the homerun chase and re-emergence of the Yankees ) more than brought them back.

Hockey has been absolutely horrible at growing its game. It has an Arena Football TV contract and lower TV ratings than poker. Outside of Canada and a few Northern US cities,poeple couldn't care less.

Which is why the players stance is so ridiculus. First, no cap no way. Then a cap, but not tied to revenues. Why do that? If league revenues grow, you get a higher cap (like the NFL). The only reason not to do it is if you think revenues will go down, which means your game is in dire straits. In which case you shouldn't be holding out, you should be trying to save the game and your jobs.

The players union has been stupid through this thing. I am glad they called off the season, and hope that the final agreement is worse for the players than the last deal the owners offered.