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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Croak" data-source="post: 301545" data-attributes="member: 2367">Truer words were never spoken. In fact the owners may even raise prices even if they get their way. I'm really not in favor of either side. I'm in favor of the fans.  The owners make exorbitant amounts of money off of these teams and the players make exorbitant salaries. They are doing this while the common worker in the street isn't getting even a cost of living raise.My Dad worked 30 years in bridge structural and ornamental ironwork. :moil: That is a very dangerous profession. He would be many stories up in the air putting together iron beams for buildings and bridges. He didn't get 360.000 dollars a year minimum for such a dangerous job. He had to settle for a blue collar income. These players are making money and saying they deserve a lot because its a dangerous profession. Give me a break. The owners are charging hundreds of dollars for people to enjoy their stadium and the entertainment, novelties, etc. Then they are crying poor because they can't build bigger and better barns. C'mon man. They should get down in the streets with the everyday working stiffs and remember what it was like.If only we could go back to the days when the players actually worked other jobs in the community during the off season. THEY really identified with their fans and the owners couldn't overcharge for seats.  Alas, those days are long gone.  Sorry for the rant.   :rant:</blockquote>

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