NHL Season No Longer on Ice

It seems that the NHL players and owners have finally reached a deal that would end the lock-out. As a fan of hockey, it was an almost excruciating winter without hockey (if it weren't for the Portland Pirates I don't know what I would have done) and I am happy to see that the game will resume this year. As a fan of capitalism and common sense, I think the owners were right in trying to get a better deal - but their way of trying to get that deal didn't help them in any way shape or form.

I understand that the market sets the value for products and thus sports players "deserve" the salary that they are getting. Nonetheless, I'm still upset that something like the hockey lock-out was caused over money. It's an industry and I know that money is what makes it work, but as far as I can tell the lock-out cost lots of money for everyone involved - except the fans who got to skip the exorbitant ticket and concession prices for a year. Now that NHL has lost almost its entire audience, it seems the deal worked out has lost its market and thus value which means everybody involved is getting too much out of the deal - except the fans who actually get to watch big league hockey again. I hope some changes are made, but I doubt they will be - this is the NHL after all and its composed of almost as many dunces as the NFL.