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Originally Posted by Bingo
No owner is ever going to do exactly what a fan base wants.
No fan base is ever going to represent what every fan wants.
They own a business and with that they kind of deserve to manage it how they see fit.
Fans have a right to turn away and stop supporting it if they think the owner is making poor decisions.
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I don't view these teams as property of the owners. The owners are simply stewards of the teams and that the team rightfully belongs to the community. The fans and the players on the ice make the NHL what it is, not rich #######s like Katz. Although I guess if you frame it in that way and it's just another business like a Shopper's Drug mart, then why have loyalty to anyone particular store or team.
The Flames have just bilked the city out of hundreds of millions of dollars for a new arena, it's this kind of mindset that allows fans to pay through the nose so already fabulously wealthy people can be even a little bit more fabulously wealthy.