Thanks Brent...
So I was sitting here Thursday night late as the government officials, Bettman, and Lemieux/Co. were in Philly for almost 5 hours in a meeting... They came out, released a joint statement (that's key) and said it was progress but they'd again meet on Wednesday this upcoming week...
I literally sat with my stomach in knots. Dumb, but I worry over a lot of things out of my control all the time I find.
Then the sports talk show was discussing the situation and things... The local anchors on this show are the most into hockey (KDKA's guys), and they felt the deal's likely to go through, they still feel that way, but they have reservations and doubts still... But ultimately they think it'll get done. But they were discussing the situation if it were to go awry...
They were saying Nashville has a clause to leave that city I guess after this year, and that they can't get (despite being one of the best NHL teams) people to go to games and sell out their arena, so that's why that clause is there and such, and that a theory going around is Pitt moves to KC, and Nashville moves here (if the Pens did decide to move that is). That was one scenario was all, that the anchors said was completely possible and wouldn't surprise them if it went that way should the Pens decide to leave.
Either way I don't want the Pens leaving... I like the team we have, obviously, and really am excited about Pens hockey. I waited over a decade for htis kind of excitement about the team, and would be simply depressed if it went away.
Anyway, that's what's going on... Wednesday they meet again at another undisclosed location... All I know is if it doesn't happen I'll hold it against the politicians here forever for not getting it done.
In other sports news, my dinky hometown high school won the WPIAL class A championship (lost tonight in the state championship though). For a graduating class of 16 Senior boys, that's not too shabby no matter if you're single A or quad A.
I hate basketball but my hometown's all over the Pittsburgh media right now because our school hasn't done this in 88 years of basketball, and we are so small in this district. It's a little fascinating. Though the media is sorta kinda lying to sensationalize the story... Well, not lying, but they're not volunteering information to make the story sound more dramatic than it is. That was a little annoying because it sort of belittled the area I live in, and wasn't true at all.