NHL Lockout

Although it is October and it is cold in some parts of Europe and North America all of the hockey fans around the world are experiencing a second stoppage of the league in 7 years. A devastating act to the wide-audience of the NHL and the enormous tv contracts that were signed a year before. There are two sides in the conflict. The owners who are presented by the league, whose leader is Gary Bettman. The other side is the NHL Players Association who is leaded by Donald Fehr. Both of the sides want to gain a bigger share of the pie, especially talking about revenue. You may do not know that NHL is the only american-based sport league that had a strike or a lockout 3 times in its existence, this is Gary Bettman's second lockout. So as a regular fan you feel terribly to see another lockout especially after the great 2011-2012 season. In 2004-05 there was not a season, because in this year the lockout emerged again. The past shows that Gary Bettman is a man with ability to win his battles and he is ready to sacrifice another season. On the other side Donald Fehr is known for his experience in the lockout in baseball so in every way you see it we are in a tough situation where we see a conflict between two stubborn people wanting to win no matter what will cost them. NHL fans already are pissed of the league and how it deals with the situation. The fans are making inspirational videos and uniting against the cause, however the reality is that there is 70% chance that the season will not start. The most favorable outcome of the situation is that next year agreement will be signed and it will be in favor of Gary Bettman and the league, because players have to play, they have to earn money and to gain form in this way in some point the players will lose. From all that I said one thing is well known that today October 11th the NHL season is not starting as it was planned and the fans and players want a new agreement soon.