I saw on the interwebs just a few mins ago a video of some Leafs fan going off on how expensive it was and how the players dont give a ####. One of the comments that struck a chord with me in the was a suggestion that fans should unionize. That tickled my memory a little about a youtube I saw for fan unions in europe for soccer, and how powerful they can be in shaping ownership behaviour. As a labour rights person, collective bargaining principles applied to fandom for the game we love seems to make a lot of sense.
Has this kind of approach been attempted here for the NHL? If not, man, I cant think of a better way to fight back against the predations of the greedy ownership who are bilking the Canadian consumer. Oiler fans are scum, but the 50 dollar nachos and drinks those wankers pay will be coming to the new Calgary arena too, no doubt.
And yes before anyone says it, one way to do so is to not spend money on the league or your team. But I don't think that's a good answer. I
love my Jets and I know the people here love the Flames, and giving up on something like that because the current ownership are malignant sh*t sticks isn't how I want to approach the problem.
An example of something that I'd like to see emulated is
https://www.fanseurope.org