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As they seek a new league, women’s hockey stars form players association
The Washington Post ^ | 5/20/19 | Cindy Boren

Posted on 05/20/2019 3:43:42 PM PDT by airborne

More than 200 of the world’s top women’s hockey players are joining forces in an effort to “create a sustainable professional league,” formally launching the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association last week.

The organization, which filed articles of incorporation on Friday, will be “dedicated to promoting and supporting the creation of a single, viable women’s professional league in North America,” the law firm representing it said in an email. Formation of the union comes after players earlier this month vowed not to compete in any North American league under current conditions, which could leave elite players without a professional outlet close to home for the coming year.

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I wish them good luck but it's going to be tough sledding if there's no TV contract. That's the only thing that will make it work. Period.
1 posted on 05/20/2019 3:43:42 PM PDT by airborne
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To: airborne; shove_it; Hat-Trick; SZonian; retrokitten; hollywood; Alberta's Child; Betis70; ...

Hockey Ping!

(let me know if you want on or off the ping list)

2 posted on 05/20/2019 3:44:21 PM PDT by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
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Guess it will give the lesbos an alternative place to go on date night, like the WNBA.


3 posted on 05/20/2019 3:45:09 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: airborne

I want to watch women’s beach volleyball, not women’s hockey...


4 posted on 05/20/2019 3:46:30 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: airborne

I hope they do better than the AAF did.


5 posted on 05/20/2019 3:51:10 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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To: airborne

I think they need to take lessons learned from the LFL on uniform design. Otherwise they will likely not get viewership and worse be replaced by self identified women.


6 posted on 05/20/2019 3:52:40 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: airborne

Who would watch women’s hockey except people who are fixated on gender politics?

It’s like watching women’s basketball, I guess the passing is better.


7 posted on 05/20/2019 3:55:51 PM PDT by rlmorel ("And she woulda made it, too...if she hadn't been wearing her Lucky Ham." RIP Tim Conway)
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To: airborne

Will men who call themselves women be allowed to play?


8 posted on 05/20/2019 3:56:36 PM PDT by libertylover (Democrats hated Lincoln too.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Good luck to them.


9 posted on 05/20/2019 3:56:44 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Only a Replacement Wall? Ann Coulter is deeply saddened)
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To: airborne

I look forward to seeing men who identify as women take it over.


10 posted on 05/20/2019 3:57:05 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: airborne

Imagine that. A league of their own. Sounds like good material for a movie. Can Robert Redford still skate?


11 posted on 05/20/2019 3:59:24 PM PDT by VietVet876
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like a PA is going to make people want to watch dykes on ice... feh
12 posted on 05/20/2019 4:03:54 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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Will it last longer than the recent AAF?


13 posted on 05/20/2019 4:08:02 PM PDT by TomGuy
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I want to see Kamila Harris require female hockey players be paid equal to NHL players. It’s only “fair”. They do the same job.


14 posted on 05/20/2019 4:14:53 PM PDT by Stevenfo
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To: airborne

“Will they let trannys play?”

reply to Bruce Jenner.


15 posted on 05/20/2019 4:18:03 PM PDT by BTerclinger (MAGA)
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To: EEGator

Flip or flop.


16 posted on 05/20/2019 4:20:09 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: airborne

Oooookay. What comes first? A union to represent players or an organization to produce the games, fans, and money?


17 posted on 05/20/2019 4:23:43 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: airborne

No thanks.


18 posted on 05/20/2019 4:26:45 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: airborne

The Columbus, Georgia minor league franchise had a girl goalie for a while. They fried to use the novelty to sell tickets. The tickets didn’t sell. The team wasn’t very good.


19 posted on 05/20/2019 4:32:02 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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The main problem with Women’s Sports is that women won’t watch them. And men only certain ones like gymnastics or beach volleyball or trampoline for the obvious reasons.

Add to this the fact that top tier High School boys teams would trounce pro women’s team. Un-PC. But reality doesn’t need anyone’s approval.


20 posted on 05/20/2019 4:33:32 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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