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you got unrestricted baseball, where some teams WHOLE salary doesnt even match the salary of one high profile yankees player.
I'm with you 100% BigJohn. That's what's so great about the Rangers this year, missed the playoffs again, despite having the second highest payroll in hockey. A real shame that more people aren't taking in the final just because they are two small market, low budget teams. It's been some of the best hockey I've seen in a loooong time (plus all those pics of nekkid ladies on 17th ave in Calgary don't hurt the eyes).
I am sure the reasoning behind the delays between games/series in the NBA has everything to do with broadcasters. The NHL is the same now with ABC and ESPN broadcasting games they force the league into scheduling games at rediculous times - Saturday afternoon (I mean who wants to spend a lovely Sat. afternoon in-doors if they don't have to). I believe the new deal the NHL got with NBC hasn't changed anything either.
