Comments on: PHT Morning Skate: How fans can teach a lockout lesson http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/11/pht-morning-skate-how-fans-can-teach-a-lockout-lesson/ ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:40:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: manchestermiracle http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/11/pht-morning-skate-how-fans-can-teach-a-lockout-lesson/comment-page-1/#comment-101485 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:08:56 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=848020#comment-101485 Pretty good article in the Globe and Mail, but it doesn’t go far enough. If there’s a lockout, the only way the fans can make their displeasure known is to do the only thing any consumer can do when unhappy with a company’s policies: Don’t buy the product.

If there is a lockout, and then play resumes (this year, next year, whenever), simply do not buy the product. Don’t buy game tickets, don’t buy peripherals (jerseys or other memorabilia), don’t support the league in any way. Watch the games on TV (but not pay-TV; no NHL packages) but be sure to boycott any of the advertisers. In the event of a lockout the only effective message the owners and players will get will be the fans demonstrating their anger in the only way it’ll be heard: By negatively impacting the league’s wallet.

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