Sit in a hockey dressing room, Steve chase become the latest fan tired in the NHL shutdown.
Live in Los Angeles, chase that the premiership has squandered all the goodwill in the area, after the completion of the team win the Stanley cup. His weekly pickup games with friends become his only taste, due to the ongoing labor conflict, has tow for several months, he loves sports.
So he took his friends on the ballot voting, and commitment:
"We will not come back again."
Not for good. But no lock after the settlement, not a period of time.
Chase grassroots "delete" movement, encourage fans boycott NHL game every game was cancelled, December 21. Admission is free, no TV, no goods - rather than a minute or a penny in the league, what punishment, he thought that is the continuing abuse loyal fan base.
He made a video and a Facebook page, called for the fans click "like" button, to join the cause. More than 11000 angry fans have flocked to join since since last weekend, hundreds of thousands of millions of fans of the game in person is round ice hockey decreased, but the latest small brand, the fans will not be easily taken back.
, "chase said:" people are trying to crush NHL. "This is not our goal, our goal just get hockey. Hope that someone, somewhere, and decided to care," guys, we have to go back and talk. "The fans are correct.
"They used to fight our money."
Write and 30 seconds of telephone call day has inflation to stable fans who just want from cold this labor battle, looked at his a slap in the face film # label, Facebook posts and homemade streaming video sports broadcasting station and save. They are not over sign, seldom consider for the fans have been enraged over shutdown.
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby understand why the fans plaint in the third commissioner Gary bateman twenty years tenure lock.
"I don't blame anyone, in this process is subjected to frustrate," Crosby said. "Everyone get way has been setbacks. Everyone involved in such feeling, it's easy."
A as they sing a song union executive director Donald FEHR old sport, some fans swear it is one, two, three locking them.
"I don't blame them if they do so, any extension," penguin striker Craig Adams said, "but I can't predict."
It is very easy to call this lens.
The angry chirping, text, threat and organized activities, the fans will still pick up the remote, and print out tickets, as soon as possible in the end of the conflict.
They always do. In all the sports. Remember in 1994? The baseball world series was later destroyed, loyalty oath never returned to the old ball game. Large thump hand and retro stadium, attendance at the push of a breakthrough in 60 million, 1996, $1998 in 70 million, and in 2007 soared to 79503175.
Non-hodgkin's lymphoma, of course, can not match the Numbers. But the story arc is still the same. Non-hodgkin's lymphoma for 20854169 fans in the 2005 - year, return to sports - more than 497970 total in 2003 - the year, before this season lock.
Non-hodgkin's lymphoma see attend rise, the next three seasons in 2011-12 year reached a record 21468121 fans.
The fans to fill A (air Canada stadium) X (Xcel energy company) and the geographical point between. If there are fans still hold the lost season, refused to trample feet in the NHL game, and they at least into big winter classic sweater, look at home.
2004 Stanley cup finals between the Tampa bay lightning and Calgary flame an average of 3.286 million people in the audience ABC/ESPN, Nielsen said. These Numbers in fact dip in 2006 and 2007, Carolina state, Anaheim, two alternative hockey market, to win the World Cup.
Hockey crazy Pittsburgh, Detroit, Philadelphia and Chicago and other cities have reached the finals, although ratings soared. Black hawk flyer series in 2010 NBC/against an average of 5167000 audience, since 2002 the highest finals, nelson said.
Non-hodgkin's lymphoma will close the sixth consecutive year of record sales, with the prediction of the end of more than $32 billion, in 2012 Stanley cup playoffs, the league said.
Don't forget, non-hodgkin's lymphoma is 200 million dollars, ten years of contract and NBC sports group 2020-21 season.
"Our fans support, a recent is outstanding, we may be a little surprised to see how well it," Adams said. "This shows how many fans like game."
Non-hodgkin's lymphoma clearly grasp out last lock some rest.
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