the other shoe is about to drop...

scritti · Post by **scritti** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 2:31 pm

Sports Briefs: NHL files legal challenge
Saturday, March 26, 2005

From local and wire dispatches

It's getting uglier in the NHL lockout, with the league filing what is believed to be its first formal legal challenge in the six-month old dispute.

The NHL filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board in the United States against the NHLPA over a union policy that appears to financially penalize members who become replacement players.

NHL executive vice-president Bill Daly called the union policy, which states a member would have to pay back any work stoppage benefits if he chose to become a replacement player next season, "coercive" and in violation of "the players' rights under the labor laws to decide individually whether to be represented by a union."

The lockout benefits are estimated at between $5,000-$10,000 a month per player.

The NLRB will investigate the charge and decide whether or not to issue a complaint on the league's behalf. If a complaint is issued, players might not have to repay their benefits if they become replacement players.

fix · Post by **fix** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 3:33 pm

Translation: NHL> OH crap, according to our research the fans really won't pay to watch beer leaguers, fringe AHL or ECHL players willing to buy into our bullshit.
We'd better do something in hopes of luring the real players into helping us bust their union.. err association.

Smoked Meat · Post by **Smoked Meat** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 3:39 pm

Knowing they are fucked, the NHLPA cult leaders will soon order their followers to drink cyanide :roll:

scritti · Post by **scritti** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 3:57 pm

Smoked Meat wrote:Knowing they are fucked, the NHLPA cult leaders will soon order their followers to drink cyanide :roll:

make sure the kool aid is grape flavored...

-Jim Jones