Recently the NHL lockout was uplifted and made the hockey world happy. As a huge fan of the game I was happier than anyone to see the season start, but at the same time I am disappointed. In case you didn’t follow the lockout the players who were in the NHL formed a group called the NHLPA, national hockey league players association. They formed this group because they didn’t want to lose money that they thought they deserved. The NHL has had the biggest increase of profit in its history the last 3 season. The players felt that they were getting cheated out of money and the owners wanted more money to. The part I don’t understand is that these players are getting paid millions of dollars to play a game they love. Many of the owners were only making small profits last year due to the players making more money than ever before. The players described it as this, “Imagine you helping a company make more money than they have ever made before, and the owners taking that money that you earned for them.” Although true the way they described it sounds like every business. Employees work for businesses and bosses the bosses are always going to get a large profit of the company’s success, it’s how businesses work. I’m just happy to say hockey is back.
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