And speaking of the NHL player lock out….

Okay so its already November. Late November and I have seen a fuckin’ fore check, a back check, a penalty or icing call and I’m a little pissed off. I don’t watch baseball because it is boring (and I’m being nice by leaving it at boring). Gan lan qiu (American NFL Football) is the sport of the world’s most talented gladiators, but I can’t watch it over here in China because the Chinese are racist. Soccer is….well how do I put this? Soccer is the national sport for every country out there that has no hopes of being a world power. Wow look at him dribble!! Holy Hell! Check out thatr pass. If I wanted to see Dagos with Jerri-curls run around and do nothing for 3 hours I’d go to a family reunion. Really, I’m serious, Europe if you wanna play with the big boys drop the soccor and embrace the NFL Europe. You aren’t cultured. You’re fuckin’ clown shoes. David Beckham is a fuckin’ daft idiot. Yeah a good corner kicker, but he still shits his pants because he’s to fuckin’ stupid to take them off before he chili dogs his spice girl wife. Soccer sucks. Basketball is okay but pointless till the playoffs and golf is…well golf is golf. Fun to play and that’s about it.

The point is if you are from the Tri-state area, northern mid-west or that counrty called Canaduh this is the time you strap on the gloves and watch some hockey and there is none to be had. Our blue collar athletes have deemed themselves too worthy to play for a per annum average salary of 1.8 million. The NHL has always been the workers league. Le Clair, Roenick, Robitaille, Satan, Luongo, Pronger, Heatley, Cechmanek, and Selanne these are the athletes for those of us who still line up for tickets to a Bruce Springsteen concert. These are the athletes that are not supposed to care about the money as much as they care about the game. And here we are in a player lockout. Here I am in China futily siding with the GM’s and endorsement companies hoping the players will come to their senses and embrace a completely reasonable salary cap. What is a laowai to do?

I’ve started to wholeheartedly enjoy and embrace Rugby Union. I follow the New Zealand All Blacks as though they were the Philadelphia Flyers or Eagles. But I just don’t have the cultural connection to New Zealand I need to truly care about the outcome of the game. Except when they play the Australia Wallabies. God I hate them so much.

The problem is much more serious than both the players and owners lead on or will admit to. The truth is NHL hockey is abysmally unpopular in the United States and the fans it did have were devotedly faithful to their franchise. With this latest controversy you’ve not only taken away our main winter sports entertainment base but disillusioned us towards the entire sport. Even if you do settle your disputes before the start of next season the fans will be so disgusted by the stubborn greedy actions of the players they won’t even bother tuning in. It’s a deathblow to the sport. In my opinion the best sport out there and the way things are looking its not coming back anytime soon. Hell, sports news agencies aren’t even following the story. That should tell you how little the populous cares about it. But all you players care about are your gold houses and rocket cars. To think I once though about getting my team’s emblem tattooed on my body. Oh the fool I was. And for as sad as I am you know there are people out they reaping the benefit of our loss. You know who you are. Candian Football League fans. You freaks. Why the hell are you all named the Roughriders?

BRING BACK MY HOCKEY!!!!!!!!!!