Sentence examples for lockout from inspiring English sources

He has better luck on his next argument, which is that the two-line pass rule hampered offence and generally was one of the reasons scores in the days before the lockout were often so low.

But what about all the speed and intensity the league fostered after dumping the red line post-2005 lockout?

And the NHL has struggled to maintain its popularity since the 2004-05 lockout resulted in the cancellation of a full season and has its own issues with player safety.

"This is an extraordinary circumstance — where we've been in a lockout, we've had a week to two weeks together, and he's been a part of none of that.

Scoring also dipped in 1974, following a five-week summer lockout, and, like this season, several rule changes (moving the kickoff line, modified blocking and tackling rules).

So we can look with some sympathy on Mike Tanier's pre-season prediction that last summer's lockout, which shortened the amount of time NFL teams could practice before the season began, would result in less scoring.

The 149-day lockout was mostly about money and partly about competitive balance, but with a subtext of control.

Western ports have already lost market share to the East Coast since 2002, when failed labour talks led to an 11-day lockout and a total shutdown.More ominously, the Panama Canal is being widened to accommodate larger ships.

ASK most Americans about pay disputes at great institutions, and they will probably think of the management lockout imposed by the National Football League last year, which led to the temporary replacement of professional referees with amateurs.That, however, ended relatively quickly, without serious damage to anyone's pay or to the prestige of the franchise.

Later they mounted a two-month strike-cum-lockout which paralysed the economy.In August last year, they lost a recall referendum on his presidency.

In 2011 12 a young 76ers squad finished the lockout-shortened regular season with a 35 31 record to earn the eighth and final Eastern Conference play-off spot.