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GARY BETTMAN, National Hockey League commissioner, rejecting a contract offer from the players' union and instituting a lockout that could force the cancellation of the upcoming season...
...Family and being from the area were important to me,” Jay said. “Maybe the labor situation [and the possibility of an NHL lockout] did have a minor effect, but mostly it was just a great opportunity...
That was former head player representative and Knicks center Patrick Ewing’s argument during the National Basketball Association lockout...
...this season has been, at least there were games. Next year there may not be. The players' contract with the owners expires on Sept. 15, and the two sides are nowhere close to an agreement. "The league has been preparing to trigger a lockout for many years now," says Ted Saskin, senior director at the NHL Players' Association. The owners are looking for wage cuts (according to the Levitt study, NHL players take 75% of league revenue, compared with 58% in the NBA), although they don't seem eager to cut the jobs of all those goons by eliminating fighting...
...Officers were sent to Eliot House F Entry on a reported lockout. Officers found individuals attempting to gain unauthorized access. They sent the individuals back to Winthrop House...