{"id":225,"date":"2005-07-10T20:23:43","date_gmt":"2005-07-10T20:23:43","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2005-07-10T20:23:43","modified_gmt":"2005-07-10T20:23:43","slug":"who-cares-or-f-the-nhl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2005\/07\/10\/who-cares-or-f-the-nhl\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Cares? (Or F&#8217; the NHL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I never really followed hockey, except for the occasional Sports Center highlight and a videogame here and there.  At any rate, I do not really give a flying crap that players and owners cannot figure out how to get their heads out of their collective ass.  Players and owners makes so much freaking money that it is really hard to feel sorry for either side; Lord only knows why it had to come to throwing away a whole season.  It is just hard to understand strikes and lockouts in professional sports.  I guess I am just a jealous little shit.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently Jeremy Roenick thinks we should all go take a dump.  Unfortunately for Jeremy or anyone else that thinks fringe fans \u2013 people like myself that just love sports \u2013 will bother to tune into hockey when it eventually resurfaces may be in for a big surprise.  Who does Jeremy thinks pays for the privilege of playing professional sports?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf people are going to sit and chastise pro athletes for being cocky, they need to look at one thing and that\u2019s the deal we\u2019re going to be signing in about three weeks \u2026 Pro athletes are not cocky. Pro athletes care about the game. Everybody out there who calls us spoiled because we play a game, they can kiss my ass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will say personally, to everybody who calls us spoiled, you guys are just jealous,\u201d Roenick said.  [Just Google for a source.]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Me jealous of the life of a professional athlete?  No thank you.<\/p>\n<p>I do not know Jeremy, but I can only assume he is a first class asshole.  Whatever; Jeremy does not what me back, so I will not bother to watch (if I can actually find hockey on TV at some point this year).  Does the NHL even have a TV contract now that ESPN pulled out?<\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah; I almost forgot.  On ESPN radio this morning I heard that part of the new CBA would expand the number of playoff teams by 4.  So pretty much any Tom, Dick, and Harry team will make a playoff run, but will anyone give a flying f\u2019?<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never really followed hockey, except for the occasional Sports Center highlight and a videogame here and there. At any rate, I do not really give a flying crap that players and owners cannot figure out how to get their heads out of their collective ass. Players and owners makes so much freaking money that &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2005\/07\/10\/who-cares-or-f-the-nhl\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Who Cares? 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