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  • Re: NWHL Announcement Event On Tuesday In Saint Paul

    it was pointed out that a pro volleyball league died 30 years ago and that there is a pro softball league that has been on life support for 20 years, was this supposed to make the hockey players feel good about their prospects?

    now imagine that there is a father somewhere with some sons that have been trying to become celebrities but just haven't made it, they only have a few hundred followers and earn a couple grand a year so they turn to the Kardassians for help

    do the Kardassians have an obligation to help fund them and market them?

    I'm sure the sons would love it if they did, beats going to work and getting a real job.

    I've been wondering, is it a coincidence that the rug was pulled out of the Canadian league after failing to win gold?
    Last edited by pokechecker; 05-08-2019, 11:57 AM.

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    • Re: NWHL Announcement Event On Tuesday In Saint Paul

      Originally posted by D2D View Post
      (linked from the StarTribune)

      "Amanda Kessel made $8,000 for the Metropolitan Riveters of the National Women’s Hockey League this season. Her brother, Phil, is making $8 million per season for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Sure, it’s an apples-to-oranges comparison, given the average home attendance (721 vs. 18,565) and length of regular season (16 games vs. 82), but it's interesting nonetheless."

      https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens...-ice-1.5120096
      I have never owned a sports jersey of any kind, however, If I had to have one, I’d value Amanda’s name and number on my back over Phil’s, but when you add the team on the front you’d have to pay me to wear the Riveter’s, whereas I can’t think of a pro hockey team I’d rather have on the front than the Pens.

      So to quote a famous coach: “it’s not the name on the back, it’s the name on the front”.

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      • Re: NWHL Announcement Event On Tuesday In Saint Paul

        Amanda could only be playing for the love of the game.

        Or to quote a famous "manager": "I should have been a farmer." Wilford Brimley as Pop Fisher
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        • Re: NWHL Announcement Event On Tuesday In Saint Paul

          National Women's Hockey League teeters amid boycott

          Whitecaps founder Jack Brodt says NWHL "doesn't look good right now."
          http://www.startribune.com/national-...ott/509671392/
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          • Re: NWHL Announcement Event On Tuesday In Saint Paul

            I'm wondering whether the players know something is brewing. Like the old lawyer advice -- never ask a witness on the stand a question during a trial you don't know the answer to.

            Why would the players boycott the NWHL and say they have no desire to go back to that league if they don't know something else is on the horizon? That's like asking a question they don't know the answer to. As someone said earlier in this thread -- what's their endgame? I'm wondering if they know the endgame has already been setup for them. They just needed to make this move to help get it there, cause the NWHL to fold, and then have that endgame take place. The players come out looking like strong women standing up for what they believe in, and the new powers (NHL?) don't look like the bad guys putting a league out of business.

            (And could it be the Pegula's giving up ownership of the Beauts is also a calculated move? Why hold onto a franchise if you know the league is going under, when you're going to get a new franchise with the new league?)
            Last edited by Russell Jaslow; 05-09-2019, 01:55 PM.
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            • Re: NWHL Announcement Event On Tuesday In Saint Paul

              Originally posted by pokechecker View Post
              it was pointed out that a pro volleyball league died 30 years ago
              Women's pro beach volleyball is going strong. It exists on an equal footing with the men's game.
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              • Re: NWHL Announcement Event On Tuesday In Saint Paul

                Originally posted by Russell Jaslow View Post
                I'm wondering whether the players know something is brewing. Like the old lawyer advice -- never ask a witness on the stand a question during a trial you don't know the answer to.

                Why would the players boycott the NWHL and say they have no desire to go back to that league if they don't know something else is on the horizon? That's like asking a question they don't know the answer to. As someone said earlier in this thread -- what's their endgame? I'm wondering if they know the endgame has already been setup for them. They just needed to make this move to help get it there, cause the NWHL to fold, and then have that endgame take place. The players come out looking like strong women standing up for what they believe in, and the new powers (NHL?) don't look like the bad guys putting a league out of business.

                (And could it be the Pegula's giving up ownership of the Beauts is also a calculated move? Why hold onto a franchise if you know the league is going under, when you're going to get a new franchise with the new league?)

                Entirely possible (and maybe even likely). Having said that, there's isn't much risk for the 200 players that are boycotting the NWHL. The financial impact to them is minimal and because they are the TOP players, the chance of them not playing in any new or revised league is also minimal.
                The more interesting development for me is the Pegula's giving up ownership of the Beauts. That seems to have the NHL's fingerprints all over it.

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                • Re: NWHL Announcement Event On Tuesday In Saint Paul

                  Originally posted by Russell Jaslow View Post
                  I'm wondering whether the players know something is brewing. Like the old lawyer advice -- never ask a witness on the stand a question during a trial you don't know the answer to.

                  Why would the players boycott the NWHL and say they have no desire to go back to that league if they don't know something else is on the horizon? That's like asking a question they don't know the answer to. As someone said earlier in this thread -- what's their endgame? I'm wondering if they know the endgame has already been setup for them. They just needed to make this move to help get it there, cause the NWHL to fold, and then have that endgame take place. The players come out looking like strong women standing up for what they believe in, and the new powers (NHL?) don't look like the bad guys putting a league out of business.

                  (And could it be the Pegula's giving up ownership of the Beauts is also a calculated move? Why hold onto a franchise if you know the league is going under, when you're going to get a new franchise with the new league?)

                  There have been rumors of a secret plan for an NHL-backed women's league that is contingent upon both the CWHL and NWHL folding. Maybe enough players have bought into the rumor or, as you suggest, have confirmed that plan with the league somehow (maybe through Kendall Coyne who has been doing work with the league)?

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                  • Re: NWHL Announcement Event On Tuesday In Saint Paul

                    Originally posted by NUProf View Post
                    Women's pro beach volleyball is going strong.
                    there is the answer, beach hockey

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                    • Originally posted by pokechecker View Post
                      there is the answer, beach hockey
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                        Last edited by Arafel; 05-10-2019, 11:02 AM.
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                        • I think the wrong word has been used regarding this situation. Instead if saying this is a boycott we should be saying this is a mutiny. That's much more fitting. There's no way they haven't had some sort of discussion with the NHL before they decided to do this. Don't get me wrong, I think that's their best bet for a more secure future for professional women's hockey. I just hope Dani isn't able to fill the void and continue operating the NWHL with lesser players that just want to play and call themselves professional players in spite of low pay, etc.

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                          • Re: NWHL Announcement Event On Tuesday In Saint Paul

                            If ANY of the players in the Canadian league are professional, then Wisconsin will have to return its 2019 championship and UMD will have to vacate nearly all games over a 4 year period.

                            Despite some angst and anger towards the NWHL you have to admit Rylan gave these women an opportunity when nobody else would or did. She also gave dozens of players an opportunity when Team USA and Canada would not.

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                            • Originally posted by pokechecker View Post
                              If ANY of the players in the Canadian league are professional, then Wisconsin will have to return its 2019 championship and UMD will have to vacate nearly all games over a 4 year period.

                              Despite some angst and anger towards the NWHL you have to admit Rylan gave these women an opportunity when nobody else would or did. She also gave dozens of players an opportunity when Team USA and Canada would not.
                              Find me a defibrillator quick! A positive post?!?! I'm in shock! Lol.

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                              • Re: NWHL Announcement Event On Tuesday In Saint Paul

                                Originally posted by shelfit View Post
                                Find me a defibrillator quick! A positive post?!?! I'm in shock! Lol.
                                I figured someone just hijacked his account...
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