And lots of athletes work just as hard as pro hockey players and don't make a dime.
The NHL'ers are treated like animals
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And lots of athletes work just as hard as pro hockey players and don't make a dime.
I'm quite sure the road to getting to the NHL is no picnic. Imagine getting drafted by a WHL team and living on the road for nine months travelling by bus, certainly sounds fun.
They make a nice wage, and will get an ok pension. Yes there is physical risk and a lot of them have social issues after retirement.
But I'd take 3-400k for a couple years. There is plenty of time to have a second career. If your one of the few really good guys your making huge side money showing up at golf games, signing crap and licencing your name to a winery. Its a big potential payout.
And yes I know a couple retired NHL'ers, NONE of them regret having been players. And a couple of these dudes that are my parents friends played when there was better money on the line in a car plant.
They are SUCKS in the league, and will f up hockey just like the baseball strike did. The poor prick that works at the arena selling programs to make ends meet is the guy getting hurt here.
But I'd take 3-400k for a couple years. There is plenty of time to have a second career. If your one of the few really good guys your making huge side money showing up at golf games, signing crap and licencing your name to a winery. Its a big potential payout.
And yes I know a couple retired NHL'ers, NONE of them regret having been players. And a couple of these dudes that are my parents friends played when there was better money on the line in a car plant.
They are SUCKS in the league, and will f up hockey just like the baseball strike did. The poor prick that works at the arena selling programs to make ends meet is the guy getting hurt here.
Would you travel around by bus for 9 months to race motorcycles?
Umm let me think about that for a second lol.
To be one of those 800 players in the world good enough to play in the NHL. Leaving home at a young age doing your time in the ECHL or WHL with only a slight chance of getting drafted.
If they make the cut they deserve the big salary.
RandomHero
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Because anyone who decides to become an nhl caliber player can just magically do it....... Get a ****ing clue already.
This ^^ and the people who work at the vendor outlets, the hot dog stand people, the zamboni drivers, the bartenders who work for tips selling beer to fans... the people who rely on the traffic of fans for a very modest earning... these are the people who are the victims in this dispute.
How are they any different from other athletes that dedicate tens of thousands of hours to their sport but don't make any money?
If a young hockey player's dream is to get rich, they're stupid. The odds of it happening are so small that the dream itself is idiotic. If a young hockey player's dream is to play amongst the best in the world, that is an honest dream.
the parking lot attendants that charge 25-30$ for parking anywhere around the ACC on game night.
OpenGambit
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I agree with the above statements
Rather than focus on salaries and how players are treated, NHL fans should be examining the system that creates 2 lockouts in 10 years. The way professional north American sports (NHL, NFL, MBA, MLB, MLS etc etc) are run is like a business and, like businesses, employees can go on strike. Try running them like a sport, where good teams prosper and poor teams disappear into lower divisions and let the free market take over control.
I dont know why but anybody who overcharges on something, i really hate their guts. Reminds me of tow truck drivers
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that would be the logical thing to do, however they have to buy exotic cars and million dollar homes.
i don't feel sorry for anyone who's stupid.
if you make millions a year and then retire or are forced to retire because of an injury and you have no money you are simply retarded.
Im going to disagree. 90% of the population would switch jobs with the scenario you described. And you used the low end of the $ scale. Whats the average player make? $1 million a year, and the usa tax brackets are less than here so they would easily bring in $500 K a year.
Maybe you dont like hockey, how about getting paid that much to ride a motorbike as your job.....trackdays, touring, whatever.......would you trade jobs then?
"LOWEST" is 500k... :lol: that's serious money, and for a bottom position in the league.
Oh NO, they have to "WORK" to stay afloat after their little hockey stint nets them a million or two? Excuse me while I go shed a tear for the poor players.
Playing in the NHL or any other big money professional league is a LOTTERY WIN. Shut up and enjoy the ride. If you're smart, you're set for life. The dumb ones blow it all and die at 40.... their choice.
Do ppl only deal with your company solely because of your talents?
In a roundabout way, don't they all at any company??
