Crisis in Canada.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by u crank

Actually, Jim, everybody suffers. The teams get no revenue, the players don't get paid and the fans are denied games to watch. Typical labour dispute, no winners.

Oh well I may have to try something new. What's this cricket game you guys watch?

LOL....give it time, cricket is starting to head down that path in the individual countries....India being amongst the first with their IPL (Indian Premier League:

http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-p...es/520932.html

[soopaman2]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

LOL....give it time, cricket is starting to head down that path in the individual countries....India being amongst the first with their IPL (Indian Premier League:

http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-p...es/520932.html

Do other countries have protected sports leagues too?

Like ours are exempt from anti-trust laws.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_..._antitrust_law

Making something like the NFL/AFL (american football leagues before merger. Real mans football, not your little kickball game) seem unlikely to ever happen.

I heard of the EPL for Euro football, but is there others, is there drama over offshoots?

I know I risk an off topic thing, but I am curious if our pro leagues are unique.