The owners asked the players to take less of the revenue generated, they asked for shorter contract terms and they asked for the end to salary arbitration. They asked for longer entry-level deals and a decade of service before a player can become a free agent. It’s a long list of requests and if the league was being created from thin air then maybe these rules and numbers would all make sense without any precedent.

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Gary is out to bust the union once again.

Just 1 week from now.

The good news for the NHL is that nobody really gives a damn anyway.

The bad news for the NHL is that nobody really gives a damn anyway.

This is a nightmare for me professionally.  I work on Advil and we have partnership for the 2013 season (non-season?).  Because we don’t know what’s going to happen, I have to do twice as much work on our marketing efforts with both NHL and non-NHL versions.  Fuck these fucking guys as far as I’m concerned and I love the NHL so much I pay for the Centre Ice package.

Roman F - 10 September 2012 01:10 PM

This is a nightmare for me professionally.  I work on Advil and we have partnership for the 2013 season (non-season?).  Because we don’t know what’s going to happen, I have to do twice as much work on our marketing efforts with both NHL and non-NHL versions.  Fuck these fucking guys as far as I’m concerned and I love the NHL so much I pay for the Centre Ice package.

Gary is a fucking prick.

He is the Karen Lewis for sports commissioners.

Gary Bettman is a fucking prick.

Gary Bettman is a fucking prick.

BTW - This now belongs in the GARBAGE DUMP. At least until the lockout ends in 2015.

Garry Bettman is a fucking prick.

Please mark GARBAGE DUMP.

Big Star - 17 September 2012 02:45 PM

Garry Bettman is a fucking prick.

Please mark GARBAGE DUMP.

It’s strange how all the commissioners are major douchebags.

Bettman = Fucking douchebag
Stern = Gap-toothed midget douchebag with a Napoleon complex
Goodell = Power-hungry douchebag
Selig = Biggest douchebag of all?

Of all of ‘em, Gary Bettman is the colossal failure.

Bad expansions.
Bad markets.
Bad labor relations.
Bad network deals.
Bad network ratings.

Big Star - 17 September 2012 04:17 PM

Of all of ‘em, Gary Bettman is the colossal failure.

Bad expansions.
Bad markets.
Bad labor relations.
Bad network deals.
Bad network ratings.

No question he’s a colossal fuck up.  But bigger than Selig?

Roman F - 17 September 2012 05:34 PM

Big Star - 17 September 2012 04:17 PM

Of all of ‘em, Gary Bettman is the colossal failure.

Bad expansions.
Bad markets.
Bad labor relations.
Bad network deals.
Bad network ratings.

No question he’s a colossal fuck up.  But bigger than Selig?

Absolutely.

Baseball makes money hand over fist.

And has none of the above right now.

The wild card was good for baseball.

Gary the nervous midget bastard from hell has now presided over 4 fucking lockouts during his NHL commissioner tenure.