(Found this old rant of mine on archive.org … thought I’d re-post it just for kicks.) (Original posting date May 2000) What should we talk about today? How about hockey? How about the fall of the Toronto Maple Leafs? No. Although the commercial brand of hockey sprouting from Toronto is fun to laugh about, how about the fact that the Calgary Flames will be leaving town in three years, on the outside? Is this official? Not yet. But let's face it. With the deadline to renew season's tickets less than a week from now, the Flames have a 30% renewal rate. That's approximately 3000 tickets. They've sold 1500 new seasons tickets so far in their drive to ensure "Flames Forever". All said that's 4500 people paying for the seat even if they aren't there. That's almost 10000 short of the number they've demanded that they have sold by June 30th. Are 10000 Calgarians going to show up in the next 7 weeks to buy tickets? No. ...