We're not talking about a National Hockey League-style lockout, folks. This is more like having an argument with your babysitter. She wants $5 an hour and you're offering $4. She wants to be able to have her boyfriend keep her company, you want him arrested if he rings the doorbell. She wants to use your home computer to log onto Facebook, you want her to do the dishes. That sort of thing.
This was the fourth standoff in the past seven years and each time the NLL and its players have argued over chicken feed. Peanuts. Chopped liver. It would be hilarious if only it weren't so pathetic.
The average salary is $14,500, the average roster about 22 players. The illegal daycare centre in your neighbour's basement is more of a going concern.
This sucks for me because the big project that determines most of my grade in a class this term involves trying to sell a NLL expansion team to a group of investors. Kind of a hard sell now...
No Roughnecks games for me this year.