[Eric]

Originally Posted by wretched34

I'm getting so sick and tired of these world class athletes, and world class coaches, acting as if they're playing some sort of game, that has any personal meaning to them. They need to understand they are strictly their for my entertainment. I don't want to see icing, or offsides, or any other sort of nonsensical stoppages in play. They are professionals,there is no reason for any of this silliness. I want 20 solid minutes, per period, of perfectly executed plays, with a dusting of highlight reel goals. And scratching star players? I'm not paying to watch scrubs play, I want to see the stars, it's not the coaches right to take that away from me. If anything like that ever happens again, you can be darn sure, they'll never receive another penny from me.
I don't pay to see the cut scenes of a movie in theatre, I pay for perfect entertainment, and everything I view as entertainment should be treated the same way.
/rant

I definitely understand your point of view. But I pay money to one day see the Calgary Flames win the Stanley Cup. If scratching the star players for one game helps in the long term I'm all for it.