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Originally Posted by Joborule
Still dumb from an owners perspective to have the CBA end right when the season is about to start. They should've never put themselves in that position and fixed it in previous negotiations.
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Ending on July 1, as one random example, makes no difference as the NHLPA will simply delay until owners call a lockout.
Sept 15 is fine. Doesn't matter. You'll get there and then January again anyway.
Its the way it will roll again.
Players will never in a million years be allowed to be in a position to strike towards the end of a season.
Any work stoppage across all major sports leagues will always, for the next half century, be an owner lockout. They work well for owners and have yet to leave any serious damage to any sports league anywhere for the last quarter-century or longer.
Player strikes, always at the end of a season and always threatening a post-season, are damaging. But they'll never happen again in any pro sports league.
The playbook is well-established.
Sept 15 or July 1? It doesn't matter.
My two cents.
Cowperson