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posted by [personal profile] withdiamonds at 01:45pm on 02/10/2012
"It reminds me of even older fanfiction, the way it takes its time and portrays two mature men gradually realizing the depths of their feelings for each other."

I saw this on [livejournal.com profile] crack_van the other day, and it made me think, yes, I remember when stories were longer as a matter of course. Three thousand words seemed very short back in the day. Interesting how things change. I don't mean every story was 10k, but I seem to remember longer stories being the norm.

Nev and I are back in Pgh. Lucy is fighting him for lap space. They're pushing me for attention while studiously ignoring each other.

So Bill's put the ball firmly in Don's court. I'm glad they met all weekend and got the minutia of drug testing and training camp and whatever else out of the way, and I'm glad they worked on defining hockey related revenue. But the fact that after the NHLPA had a conference call and the League "did its homework" yesterday, followed by Bettman not even showing up today for a meeting that ended around 11am, and there are no further meetings scheduled, well, that doesn't bode well.

I thought it would come down to 3 scenarios: they would work things out this week - wrongo. They'll lose the season. Or they'll settle around American Thanksgiving, which is pretty much as late as HBO can start filming b-roll for the Winter Classic 24/7.

Rich teams vs poor teams, revenue sharing, salary caps and floors, blah blah. I am firmly on the players' side, except I want them to at least come back with something. Obviously part of their issue is with Bettman and not wanting him to win again, I mean, I honestly think a lot of it's personal, and it didn't help that the last offer the League made expired at midnight on the 15th, and Gary said it was a fair offer but would be off the table if they didn't accept it right then. Way to insure they wouldn't accept it, Bettman. They're pissed, they're united, and they're going to have to see at least some indication that revenue sharing is going to be done differently in the future.

Also, it helps not to refer to them as cattle.

Next up: my thoughts on players going to Europe. :)

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