Bettman Is Now The Longest-Serving Executive In American Sports History
Honestly, the NHL is probably the only league in the world where three labor stoppages (one of which cost you an entire season) gets you three decades in charge.
Wait, in this situation an upvote for you is a downvote for Bettman right? I’m confused.
red_langford
He doesn’t work for fans or players. He makes owners money and his cold hearted approach works for billionaires who want to be even bigger billionaires.
I think they’ve done a pretty bad job selling the NHL game compared to other professional leagues.
SomehyGuy
Funny any arena he goes into he’s booed unless he’s in Tampa or Florida they look at him as a hero.
DevilJacket2000
The owners wanted those stoppages and Bettman did exactly what they wanted. He’s a model employee in their mind and is doing exactly what he was hired to do.
drummerboy31402
Boooooo
progodyssey
TIL weasels are annoyingly long lived
sharkman1774
A goddamn travesty.
Deepstatewinz
Say what you will about Gary but he doesn’t pay refs extra to make Canadian teams lose.
N-E-B
Like it or not, Bettman has done a good job on the business side. The owners love him. That’s why he’s around. He’s a punching bag for the owners.
I wish more fans understood this.
TheRealEnemabagJones
Boooooooooooo
LoanedWolf75
Okay. Good. Now time to retire and let someone else have a go at it.
SauceKingHS
And the league may never recover from the toll he’s taken. NHL should consider itself lucky to be the 4th most popular American sport, but it’s far far far down in 4th. This guys bold faced corruption and greed caused many decisions that hurt the game in the long run. Imagine not signing an espn TV deal because some obscure station offered slightly more… one of many incredibly stupid, short-sighted moves. This guy put himself in the HOF as a builder, yet the only ones who should like him the owners that are greedy.
TyAD552
Does this make Bettman the Bobby Kotick of sports?
dragosn1989
Same comish, same culture, larger profits. Nothing to see here, moving along…
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Wait, in this situation an upvote for you is a downvote for Bettman right? I’m confused.
He doesn’t work for fans or players. He makes owners money and his cold hearted approach works for billionaires who want to be even bigger billionaires.
[Matthew Schneider has this message for him.](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/s/DQt3GiBYcI)
Wow
I think they’ve done a pretty bad job selling the NHL game compared to other professional leagues.
Funny any arena he goes into he’s booed unless he’s in Tampa or Florida they look at him as a hero.
The owners wanted those stoppages and Bettman did exactly what they wanted. He’s a model employee in their mind and is doing exactly what he was hired to do.
Boooooo
TIL weasels are annoyingly long lived
A goddamn travesty.
Say what you will about Gary but he doesn’t pay refs extra to make Canadian teams lose.
Like it or not, Bettman has done a good job on the business side. The owners love him. That’s why he’s around. He’s a punching bag for the owners.
I wish more fans understood this.
Boooooooooooo
Okay. Good. Now time to retire and let someone else have a go at it.
And the league may never recover from the toll he’s taken. NHL should consider itself lucky to be the 4th most popular American sport, but it’s far far far down in 4th. This guys bold faced corruption and greed caused many decisions that hurt the game in the long run. Imagine not signing an espn TV deal because some obscure station offered slightly more… one of many incredibly stupid, short-sighted moves. This guy put himself in the HOF as a builder, yet the only ones who should like him the owners that are greedy.
Does this make Bettman the Bobby Kotick of sports?
Same comish, same culture, larger profits. Nothing to see here, moving along…
Hockey is not an American sport.