| Well I think all leagues favor parity, as far as preferring there be parity. But favoring it (ie, hoping it happens) and actively forcing it (as the NFL and NHL do, as the NBA doesn't really, and as MLB doesn't at all) is something else. I just think it's a shame to see this team taken apart by accountants the day after they win the thing. If the Hawks can pay them the money, if they can afford it and are willing to spend it, if the free agents would prefer to play in Chi - Chi should get the players. I understand the plight of the small market teams and I sympathize, but pro sports is the one place capitalism would really work and be fair, IMO. The teams with the better markets, ie more fans, would get every opportunity to be better teams. The smaller market teams, as in baseball, would have to be smarter and spend better, and exploit things that are currently undervalued. But the NHL seems to be doing better lately and the NFL is flourishing (other than the lockout) while baseball attendance falls, so what do I know? Anyway there's no incentive to change. And yea I hope and expect the Hawks to get good again. Anyway they should never be bad again so long as they have the core there (Toews, Kane, Keith). I'm just bitter about having to watch them rebuild. |
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