>>You're right.
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>>But I don't think that this is on their agenda. It looks like the only thing on their agenda is $$$$$$ <bg>
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>>They don't seem to realize that it's the fans that pay them their big cars, big houses, plane trips...
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>>When Hockey resumes those guys (owners and players) will probably have a BIG SURPRISE. They'll have lost many fans. Perhaps then they'll realize they should've thought about us. Perhaps it's the only thing that will make them move in the right direction. Not only by cutting on the prices of everything surrounding hockey but also on improving the game.
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>Denis;
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>If and when the NHL plays in the future the following will occur:
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>1. The NHL will have lost fans.
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>2. Teams will jack up the price of a ticket to make up the difference. After all the players have to be paid big $$$$$!
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>3. Real fans (like fanatics) will gladly pay the increase in ticket price to see the NHL in action!
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>So the end result will be “business as usual”, with nothing having been learned from this lost season. I have faith in humanity and sports! :)

I just hope that the law of "Offer and demand" will prevail. When you lose fans you don't charge more for what you have to offer.

I just hope that this will work in that case. It it was a major sport perhaps what you just said would apply. But we're not talking abut Baseball or Football here. We're talking about a sport that as less viewers in the USA than Bowling . I think that this says it all <vbg>