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<blockquote data-quote="DClingman" data-source="post: 1761625" data-attributes="member: 11131">So I hadn't weighed in here on this issue. I am a bigtime Pens fan and have been watching and playing hockey for years.It's really sad to see things decline into this state. I am thinking of how the Pens were (and might still be for all I know) close to bankrupting the team. The profit margins in sports are just not what they used to be. There are too many distractions and I think that people are getting alot more wiser with money. Everytime I cram my big butt into a seat and say &quot;ahhh this is what $50+ dollars buys me&quot;, I get pissed. The peanut man (who in our case looks like OJ in Orlando) comes around and wants 5 bucks from me... He doesn't want to give me peanuts, just get 5 bucks. This stuff is crazy expensive these days... It's just not fun anymore, even at its best.&nbsp; Who is getting screwed here? The Fans. The people who kept this sport alive when the WHAlers were in Hartford and the Nordiques in Quebec. Back when hockey wasn't even this known, the fans stayed the course because hockey knew its roots. It came from legends like Bobby Orr, Rocket Richard. Those guys got ripped on pay, but played for the love of the game. I don't say that people shouldn't be paid for the skill, but geez.....I went to see Rush a few weeks ago on the 30th anniversary tour. Great show, but I paid $70 to stand in the rain to see them play. They didn't know it was going to rain, and I was covered a bit, but I had to keep thinking about that.. Maybe I need to quit making RPGs and get a real job so I have some money to spend.. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Back to Hockey... If we get scabs.... PLEASE let them be the Hanson brothers from Slap Shot. Now THAT is something I would pay $50 to see. Dustin</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DClingman, post: 1761625, member: 11131"] So I hadn't weighed in here on this issue. I am a bigtime Pens fan and have been watching and playing hockey for years. It's really sad to see things decline into this state. I am thinking of how the Pens were (and might still be for all I know) close to bankrupting the team. The profit margins in sports are just not what they used to be. There are too many distractions and I think that people are getting alot more wiser with money. Everytime I cram my big butt into a seat and say "ahhh this is what $50+ dollars buys me", I get pissed. The peanut man (who in our case looks like OJ in Orlando) comes around and wants 5 bucks from me... He doesn't want to give me peanuts, just get 5 bucks. This stuff is crazy expensive these days... It's just not fun anymore, even at its best. Who is getting screwed here? The Fans. The people who kept this sport alive when the WHAlers were in Hartford and the Nordiques in Quebec. Back when hockey wasn't even this known, the fans stayed the course because hockey knew its roots. It came from legends like Bobby Orr, Rocket Richard. Those guys got ripped on pay, but played for the love of the game. I don't say that people shouldn't be paid for the skill, but geez..... I went to see Rush a few weeks ago on the 30th anniversary tour. Great show, but I paid $70 to stand in the rain to see them play. They didn't know it was going to rain, and I was covered a bit, but I had to keep thinking about that.. Maybe I need to quit making RPGs and get a real job so I have some money to spend.. :) Back to Hockey... If we get scabs.... PLEASE let them be the Hanson brothers from Slap Shot. Now THAT is something I would pay $50 to see. Dustin [/QUOTE]

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