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nitpicker

(7,153 posts) Thu Mar 12, 2020, 07:22 PM Mar 2020

NHL suspends its season amid coronavirus pandemic

Source: globalnews.ca

The National Hockey League has suspended its 2019-20 season until further notice in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the league announced on Thursday.

Read more: https://globalnews.ca/news/6665596/nhl-season-coronavirus/

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NHL suspends its season amid coronavirus pandemic (Original Post) nitpicker Mar 2020 OP

Hooray! bucolic_frolic Mar 2020 #1

"Overpaid narcissists all of 'em" RhodeIslandOne Mar 2020 #4

Just wait till NASCAR cancels Traildogbob Mar 2020 #2

Looks like my Bruins... wysi Mar 2020 #3

With an asterisk. HotTeaBag Mar 2020 #5

bucolic_frolic

(52,734 posts)

1. Hooray!

Reply to nitpicker (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2020, 07:27 PM

Mar 2020

Pro sports has bled taxpayers and fans long enough. Overpaid narcissists all of 'em. All in the service of TV networks.

It wasn't always this way. At one time sports were a business. Now it's subsidized on one side and leeching on the other.