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I think the NHLPA will say to owners 'the ball is in your court'. I don't think it would be reasonable for the NHLPA to expect owners to effect immediate change. So, give the owners a timeline, talk about expectations that are reasonable, and so. Then, explain that if the owners do not hold up their end, more severe actions will be taken (e.g., not playing on Saturday night).
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I know you're on the other side of the argument to me, but your point is exactly why the players' decision can be effective. Owners are collectively losing billions in revenue due to Covid. They have made a massive and extraordinarily well organized/implemented strategy to bring hockey back. They didn't go through all of this just to make fans happy. They did this to try and recoup their losses as much as possible. Jeremy Jacobs is probably $&!#ting himself with rage (or just general old age) at the fact he is going to lose money... and that a cancellation of Satuday's game would be even more catastrophic. You aren't going to appeal to Jacobs' decency as a human being to get him to call the Governor of Massachusetts and demand changes in X, Y, and Z. But, if you start taking away his ability to own only two dozen rather than three dozen summer homes, then maybe that will be enough to make him make the business decision of appeasing players by forcing those in political office/controlling state institutions to make changes that deal with systemic racism.
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I agree, but not wealthy enough to make a difference, especially when compared against owners. Virtually all NHL owners are multi-billionaires. NBA/NFL/MLB likely much more. It would take 1,000 players making one million dollars each to equal a billion dollars. I'm much closer to being as wealthy as Loui Eriksson as Loui Eriksson is to being as wealthy as those that really have the economic status to influence governmental change. The point I'm trying to make is that being rich isn't enough to pressure governmental change. But, millionaires that have the power to impact the bottom line for billionaires is what can make the latter pick up the phone and effect meaningful change. Maybe none of this will change anything, but at least there is an effort, and I see the effort being connected to logic as opposed to just a random 2-day postponement to satisfy social media experts.
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When people start crying about how millionaires should just shut up and go to work, all they're doing is outing themselves as people too untalented to have enough value at work for their employer to care about how they feel. Guess what? When you are extremely talented at the one thing you're paid to do, and if nobody can do it better, you get some leverage. You can use that leverage to try and do the things that you feel are right.
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It isn't about cancelling a hockey game to end racism the next day. It is about players recognizing that they play for wealthy owners. Owners that have the power to make changes that even multi-millionaires cannot institute. The players are leveraging their power to get owners to put pressure on legislators to make change. By postponing games for two days the players are showing owners that they do have the ability to organize and work collectively, and that is enough of a shot across the bow to make owners take their players' actions seriously. For example, the players have already placed pressure on owners to use stadiums to act as polling stations so that attempts at suppressing voter turnout can end in the United States.
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Penninsula (whatamess/10) The 'sequel' to Train to Busan. Terrible (likely on purpose) CGI reminding me of I am Legend. I was waiting for a Korean translating of "Warriors, come out and playyyyeeeeay!". It wasn't so much a sequel to Train to Busan as it was "the movie will get more attention if we call it a sequel". Terrible acting by the kids, which may have also been by design as a throwback to 80s movies. The only thing I learned that was interesting was that South Korea does not use Google Maps. I wanted to learn more about Busan, but you can't actually get street views, etc. of SK. They prohibit the storage of such information on servers external to their country. Likely because they are smack dab in the middle of China/Russia/Japan and are understandably paranoid about those three.
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Why does the NHL's Official Youtube Channel upload highlights in 720p? Am I missing something?
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Ava: Sucked / 10 I haven't seen a good movie in like a month. Thank god for hockey.
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The Tyler Toffoli trade is busting hard for us
Down by the River replied to CanucksFan8353's topic in Canucks Talk
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Twitter reacts to Kevin Bieksa
Down by the River replied to Twilight Sparkle's topic in General Hockey Discussion
This was so good by AV and god dang does it reignite my hate for Ron MacLean. I want to know what kind of backroom dealings MacLean has with Hockey Canada/Canadian Minor Hockey Association/Ref Unions, etc. Bet he gets some kickbacks for his persistently biased defences of reffing in this league. -
Interested to see how Frankie Edgar does at bantamweight. I thought he would always be better at bantamweight than FW. It might be too late in his career to be making the switch. Speed is the first thing to go and he'll need more of it at bantamweight. Kind of crazy to think that he is a former LW champion. Weight cutting habits over the last decade have really transitioned what it means to be in different weight classes. Doubt there are many LWs that walk around at < 170lbs.
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I'd be happy if that happened! Bunnaman - Seguin - Radulov Nelson - Joseph Toews - Quinney Halak Not like you're battling too much firepower on the other side.
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Pretty sure TG was about to say "The city's on fire right now" but thought better of it. Good idea lol.
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[Proposal] How Much Money Could You Lose...
Down by the River replied to Down by the River's topic in Canucks Talk
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[GDT] Canucks vs Blues game 6. Canucks lead 3-2. 6:45pm!
Down by the River replied to You Mad Bro?'s topic in Canucks Talk
So sick of this game management. Its not bias against the Canucks, but they are pounding the $&!# out of the Blues so the Blues get to do whatever they want and any ticky-tack call is going to go against Vancouver. The fact that the NHL does absolutely nothing to change their reffing system/culture shows that they don't really care about the quality of the game. -
Twitter reacts to Kevin Bieksa
Down by the River replied to Twilight Sparkle's topic in General Hockey Discussion
People on here would be having seizures if Kelly Hrudey stated he wasn't a fan of the Canucks.