Well, the 1100 deadline has come and gone. Fucking comissioner & owners won't budge an inch.

Sorry, Nice Guy, but blaming the players is a bunch of bullshit.

First the owners cook up the books, make it look like they're loosing money that they aren't, in any way, shape or form. Demand a slary cap, and when the players say no, they kept coming back with that idea in any of several guises.

Then they lock the players out, forcing the cancellation of most of the season, and fuck with both the players and fans.

Finally, the players agree to a salary cap, but then the league sets the cap at a crapola level that they know the players won't accept. The league says $42 mil, the players say $52 mil, the league says "no", then the players say $49 mil, and the owners association claims that's going to up their costs by $75 million. To quote Bob Goodenow:

"Clubs are spending significantly less than your team payroll limit number of $42.5 million," Goodenow said in his second letter. "I am at a loss to understand how you suggest your offer earlier today represents a $75 million dollar increase when it only impacts the spending of nine teams!"

IOW, it's the same old shit from the owners.

What the owners want is to destroy the league, and reform it without a players union. This should be obvious by now, even to those who don't want to delve further into the issue.

Fuckheads.

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