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Subject: Something important died in the 90's
and it never gets talked about here
nashville predators? 3rd jerseys? cookie cutter arenas? THE TRAP? FOX GLOW PUCK???
the NHL died in the 90's.
Subject: Re: Something important died in the 90's
Yes the NHL died because of its own stupidity. The strike shortened year of 94-95 is what declined the NHL's popularity. Between 92 and 94 hockey was on the upswing. The NHL blew it on their own. Too many expansion teams killed the NHL in the late 90's.
Subject: Re: Something important died in the 90's
Not if you live in Detroit!!
Subject: Re: Something important died in the 90's
oh, i thought you were going to say Virtual Reality. I mean VR was like the hottest thing in technology in the mid 90s.
Subject: Re: Something important died in the 90's
I've followed the Pittsburgh Penguins since the mid- 80s. Mario and Gretzky made the league so exciting back then. I was so happy when the Pens won the Cup in '91 and again in '92 with Scotty Bowman, who else would it have been? Detroit fans were lucky to have him as coach too. Expansion and the relocation of so many teams made it quite a strange decade of hockey.
Subject: Re: Something important died in the 90's
I never understood why sports are often considered important.
Playing them is 1 thing, but watching them is another imo.
It's stupid that teachers aren't getting paid enough, but athletes are getting paid too much, and they still want more...at least a few do.
It's just my preference, but I just don't see what the big deal is.
Subject: Re: Something important died in the 90's
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I never understood why sports are often considered important.
Playing them is 1 thing, but watching them is another imo.
It's stupid that teachers aren't getting paid enough, but athletes are getting paid too much, and they still want more...at least a few do.
It's just my preference, but I just don't see what the big deal is.
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hoo neds techrs wen thairz hokky!!
Subject: Re: Something important died in the 90's
Quoting:
I never understood why sports are often considered important.
Playing them is 1 thing, but watching them is another imo.
It's stupid that teachers aren't getting paid enough, but athletes are getting paid too much, and they still want more...at least a few do.
It's just my preference, but I just don't see what the big deal is.
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The point you make could definetly be a whole topic on its own. Hockey in particular, the basis of this thread, has changed so much in the last decade. Many teams relocating being the biggest difference.
I pretty much agree with most of what you said. Although, when you say a few more athletes want more money, I think you could change that to many of them.
Even though I play and follow sports, I have a lot friends that couldn't care less about them. I don't think people consider sports as really that important, but merely as a diversion and a way to stay healthy.
As far as people who are grossly underpaid, you can throw nurses into that category too.