As many of you guys are probably already aware, the NFl lockout may potentially cause the cancellation of the 2011 NFL season. The cancelation of the NFL season would result in finical losses for many businesses, because Sunday Football is not just a source of income for the NFL, it is also a source of income for sports bars, city governments, and many casinos and countless other businesses. The National Hockey League is not one of these businesses, in fact the cancellation of the 2011 NFL season would be great for the sport of Hockey. The NHL would benefit from football not being played in 2011, because with no football to watch there will be many people looking for another sport to watch, and the NHL would be able capitalize on this because as a substitute sports league to the NFL, it would be able to get higher ratings because there will be many sports fans with nothing else to watch. demand for hockey tickets would also go up because in some citys such as Nashville that is the only other team in town and there is less supply of sports tickets. Once these fans get a glimpse of the greatness of the sport of hockey, the league may have potentially gained new fans for years to come even after the NFL lockout ends. As a league that had it's entire 2010-2011 NHL season cancelled by lockout the NHL should be well aware of the damaging effects of a labor stoppage and know they can capitalize on it now that one of their competitors are in trouble. In fact some teams have started playing the lockout card now, in a recent advertisement the Florida Panthers have declared themselves as the " only team in South Florida guaranteed to play in October 2011". What do you think? Do you think the NHL can benefit from the NFL lockout and the potential cancelations of the 2011 NFL Season?
Andrew Velvin, Cameron Casey, Will Noble
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