Well the NHL lockout has been going on for 7 weeks now, already 26% of the NHL season has been cancelled with more cancellations expected this week. This is a letter, a message to players and owners from a die hard fan who spends hard earned money to watch hockey.
To whom it may concern:
The NHL lockout is FUCKING REDICULOUS. There is absolutley no point to it. Fans are fucking angry, sad, and lost.
TO THE PLAYERS
It makes no sense to a fan that players aren't willing to take a 12% pay cut when they are making MILLIONS OF FUCKING DOLLARS. Money that fans could only dream to make. To the players, from a player who didn't make it, you guys are the 1% of the 1% of hockey players that get to play beyond the age of Juniors/College at a high level. You guys are the guys who get to play the fucking game of hockey everyday for hours and get paid to do it. Other hockey players PAY AS MUCH AS $25 AN HOUR TO PLAY FUCKING HOCKEY. We actually have to pay to play hockey. DO NHL PLAYERS REALIZE THE PRICE OF FUCKING HOCKEY EQUIPMENT, LET ALONE THE REDICULOUS PRICE TO PLAY ON A POORLY MAINTAINED SHEET OF ICE AND NOT TO MENTION THE PRICE TO HAVE WORTHLESS REFEREE'S WATCH OVER THE GAME AND MAKE STUPID FUCKING CALLS? To NHL players, for everyone of you there's 10,000 players who DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE SHOW. For the players that didn't make it, the vast majority of them are willing to cut off a fucking testicle and pay $1,000 to pull on an NHL Jersey and play in a FUCKING NHL Game.
TO THE OWNERS
You the owners signed players to contracts. As employers, when you agree on a price for labor for employees you are expected to follow through ON YOUR FUCKING AGREEMENT. TAKE FUCKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROMISES YOU MADE TO THE PLAYERS. Look I get it why the Owners need the Players to take a pay cut. OWNERS ARE FUCKING BILLIONAIRES... They can't wait a 2-3 years for player's salaries to gradually decrease? To the owners, from a fan: FUCK YOU. YOU GUYS ARE HOLDING MONEY THAT I FUCKING PAID YOU FOR A PRODUCT I EXPECT TO SEE ON THE ICE, YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO REFUND MY MONEY UNTIL THE GAMES ARE FUCKING CANCELLED AND IT'S FUCKING BULLSHIT.To BOTH NEGOTIATING PARTIES
You need to be negotiating. We're beyond offering proposals, it's now time to take proposals from both the PA AND THE LEAGUE on the table and come to a middle ground that satisfies both parties. MR. BETTMAN, MR. DALY, AND THE FEHR BROTHERS, SIT DOWN TO THE FUCKING NEGOTIATION TABLE AND DON'T LEAVE THE FUCKING ROOM UNTIL AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED.
YOU ARE HURTING THE FANS, YOUR CUSTOMERS WHO PAY WHAT DISCRETIONARY INCOME THEY HAVE AVAILABLE ON YOUR FUCKING PRODUCT. FANS WERE LOYAL, FANS GAVE THE LEAGUE A SECOND CHANCE AFTER THE 2004 LOCKOUT. THE TIME IS NOW TO END THE GOD DAMN LOCKOUT.
