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With the lockout in full swing, it makes me wonder whose side people are on. Players or owners?
Twitter has been on fire with players complaining, and fans ripping them a new one for it. The latest victim is Devils tough guy Krys Barch, who says he has broken bones, gone through all this and that and the owners haven't, so he should get more. This guy is just an idiot. Here is just some of his great quotes from a tsn article.
He just signed a $1.5M 2yr agreement with the Devils, and he claims that NHL players are hurting for money. When you do the simple math for this guy, I have very little sympathy for him at all. He makes $750,000 a year with his contract. Working a standard 40hours a week, 52 weeks a year like normal human beings do, he would be making $360.58/hr. Hell we tend to think if someone makes $70,000 a year they are well off. That would take over 10 years for that person to make what this bench warmer makes in a 7-8 month season.
This is where I don't care for the players who want more. The NHL is a business, and NHL players, while big names, are nothing more than workers. Like the guy who fixes your A/C or people working in the plants, they have a contract and they work under those. Once it is done, they sign it again. Only thing is, normal people are going for $35/hr while these guys are making millions and complaining about how they can't afford to live. This quote pissed me off:
Hey asshole, every fan in the seat watching you play is having to ork 50 years in their lives, and I would say a good % of them are living pay to pay. So stop your complaining if after hockey is over, you have to settle into something else for the next 20 years. Even if you were just smart enough to put away 10% of your salary every year, that is stil $75,000 over however long as a good nestegg.
The owners own the teams and they contract workers to play for them. Sports is a business. Players are just workers. They apply their trade in the NHL just like a plant worker applies his trade in a factory or something. Only difference is people want to see these guys work.
Twitter has been on fire with players complaining, and fans ripping them a new one for it. The latest victim is Devils tough guy Krys Barch, who says he has broken bones, gone through all this and that and the owners haven't, so he should get more. This guy is just an idiot. Here is just some of his great quotes from a tsn article.
"I have played approx 5 1/2 years in the NHL and have worked for every second of it," said Barch. "I haven't been a 1st round pick, bonus baby or a son of a hall of famer. I have made it through sweating, bleeding, cut Achilles, broken hands, concussions, broken orbital bones, 8 teeth knocked out, etc, etc, etc."
With all the physical sacrifices Barch has made over the years, he asked if the NHL owners have an appreciation for what players go through.
"I wonder how this work stoppage affects the owners? I wonder if the owners of Boston, New York, Washington, etc, etc, have endured any of the injuries that I or any other player in the NHL have endured. Still they probably sit there smoking the same brand of cigar, sipping the same cognac, and going on vacation to one of five houses they own while we sit here knowing they want to take 20% of our paychecks."
With all the physical sacrifices Barch has made over the years, he asked if the NHL owners have an appreciation for what players go through.
"I wonder how this work stoppage affects the owners? I wonder if the owners of Boston, New York, Washington, etc, etc, have endured any of the injuries that I or any other player in the NHL have endured. Still they probably sit there smoking the same brand of cigar, sipping the same cognac, and going on vacation to one of five houses they own while we sit here knowing they want to take 20% of our paychecks."
This is where I don't care for the players who want more. The NHL is a business, and NHL players, while big names, are nothing more than workers. Like the guy who fixes your A/C or people working in the plants, they have a contract and they work under those. Once it is done, they sign it again. Only thing is, normal people are going for $35/hr while these guys are making millions and complaining about how they can't afford to live. This quote pissed me off:
"One half to 3/4 of my peers will have to work for the next 50 years of their lives," tweeted Barch. "Congratulations to the lucky select few that I have played with who have made salaries that they can choose to do whatever they want when they are done. But I have played [with] most who do not!"
The owners own the teams and they contract workers to play for them. Sports is a business. Players are just workers. They apply their trade in the NHL just like a plant worker applies his trade in a factory or something. Only difference is people want to see these guys work.
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