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Post by Jack Bauer on Dec 18, 2023 11:06:05 GMT -4
Look at the COVID relief money the league had. Quebec teams all got their fair share, while the Maritime teams were basically told "good luck". That doesn't really have anything to do with the league bias. The Quebec provincial government isn't going to give money to companies run out of other province. That would be horrendous politics and I'm not entirely even sure of the legalities. The Quebec government would have provided the money to the league contingent on it going to Quebec teams. Imagine if Stephen Macneil had given covid relief funds that went to the Quebec Remparts. I guess the league could have turned down the money, but I really dont think thats realistic given the state of things at the time. They never should have allowed league wide rule changes to be tied to the money. The optics of that are just plain bad.
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Post by Mika on Dec 18, 2023 11:07:28 GMT -4
In Saint John's run the year Charlottetown had theirs with Sprong, the refs allowed Chicoutimi to score a blatantly kicked in goal in overtime in the semi-finals. I remember talking to some of the Islanders players (French players at that) and they were pissed at the call in Saint John saying it was favoritism. I get brushing off what the fans might have to say; but when it's players, managers, coaches, and hell probably even the equipment managers saying the iffy calls almost always go the Quebec team's way; it's worth considering that the league isn't as impartial as they may want you to think. Look at the COVID relief money the league had. Quebec teams all got their fair share, while the Maritime teams were basically told "good luck". I do have hope for this new commissioner though, already he seems to understand the value of the Maritimes and how beneficial it is to keep everything running smoothly rather than just 2/3 smoothly. Take it a step further... The league under Corteau let the provincial government in Quebec get into bed with the league and dictate rule changes in exchange for payments.
We got no say in any of it.Say what you will about fighting in hockey....nobody has been more opinionated on it than I have...but it should not be provincial governments making that decision for our teams and our league. Especially when there's a bribe tied to it and call the covid payments to the Quebec based teams whatever you want but they were only done in exchange for the elimination of fighting. I honestly think they're all too incompetent to have officials working for 1 side but there's enough off ice stuff since Halifax joined the league to say that there's been clear bias from off ice officials and that point is confirmed with the name change stuff happening like it did. I'm glad someone finally says it. But yeah, 100% that's the deal that was made. And it wasn't needed either, the existing fighting rules were fine as they were. And only technically in that situation do we have a say. Six legitimate votes to 12 bought votes though, hard to really go up against that.
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Post by Mika on Dec 18, 2023 11:25:55 GMT -4
Look at the COVID relief money the league had. Quebec teams all got their fair share, while the Maritime teams were basically told "good luck". That doesn't really have anything to do with the league bias. The Quebec provincial government isn't going to give money to companies run out of other province. That would be horrendous politics and I'm not entirely even sure of the legalities. The Quebec government would have provided the money to the league contingent on it going to Quebec teams. Imagine if Stephen Macneil had given covid relief funds that went to the Quebec Remparts. I guess the league could have turned down the money, but I really dont think thats realistic given the state of things at the time. The league got the money and divided it up. They accepted under the condition of a major rule change that they had the majority vote in. In terms of dividing up the money too though, fans should be pissed that a rich team like the Remparts get a bunch of money but then a team like Val d'Or gets about 5 seasons worth of revenue. Then they have the nerve to shut down the season for 1-2 months demanding more money from the government. I wonder how the league would've responded if the Maritimes tried shutting down the league over money. Though it was no secret Courteau wanted Bathurst and Charlottetown to move back to Quebec, so maybe that was the plan, screw us and force us to move.
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