First let me tell you what a lock out in professional sports is. It is a stoppage in season, where athletes from the organizations refuse to work by any means. It is different from a strike because they don't play at all. They do this because sometimes players are not making enough money or the lawyers have problems with the league. For instance, the NHL (National Hockey League) had a lockout back in 2012 what was one of the 3 in the league of all time other than a strike back in the 1992 season. The 2012 season ended up starting up again in mid season, player 42 games out of the possible 82 they could have had if the strike never ended up happening.
The NHL is not the only league that has had numerous lock outs. The MLB ( Major League Base Ball locked out in 1994 resulting in the first cancelation of the world series in more than 90 years of MLB existance.
In my personal opinion, these leagues should have no problem with handling the money problem but why are professional athletes and agents argue so much over a little bit more of money what I always wanted to know. The leagues and teams pay these players millions and millions of dollars so that they can play the sport that they love and they are sometimes still not satisfied? People in the world can't even make what they make in a whole lifetime and thats what is just awful about it.
Sources:
European Hockey: Top 10 Lockout Defectors - Too Many Men on the Site -
Best & Worst Lists - Top 10 U.S. Sports Strikes and Lockouts ...
I did not know lockouts existed until I read this blog. It is a ridiculous concept that is a true overreaction in my opinion. These lockouts affect more then just the players and teams. It is a chain reactions that affects every aspect of the business including the vendors and janitors. Making people unemployed because rich people are arguing is not very nice.
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