sports.yahoo.com - 7/13/2009
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As Wayne Gretzky desperately tries to keep his finances from the prying eyes of bankruptcy court, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman's salary is a matter of public record: $7.1 million in salary and benefits for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, according to Sports Business Journal. From Tripp ...
tampabay.com - 7/14/2009
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By Damian Cristodero, Times Staff Writer Monday, July
13, 2009 Another chapter in the story of the...
Lightning's bickering owners will play out this week, as Len Barrie has a Friday deadline to come up with $10 million to prove he can continue ...
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cyclelikesedins.blogspot.com - 7/13/2009
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Stern: "Bettman's on the phone again? Aw, not
again ... " So, we are 99.99 percent sure...
that the CBA prohibits the institution of a luxury tax, but let's just dream for a minute that Gary Bettman could justify his massive salary by stumbling upon a magic loophole. Seeing that marquee ...
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What if the NHL instituted a luxury tax?
sportsbusinessjournal.com - 7/13/2009
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By TRIPP MICKLE Staff writer NHL Commissioner Gary
Bettman received a 27 percent raise during the 2007-08...
season, pushing his salary with benefits to $7.1 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, according to league tax filings. The salary ...
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Bettman’s NHL compensation hits $7.1M
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Bettman's salary hits $7-million
From The Rink —
... As Greg Wyshynski notes, it's quite likely Bettman's enormous raise since the lockout was due entirely to bringing in the salary cap, which along with growing the game was his sole mandate since being brought into the fold 16 years ago. ...
Detroit News/SportsBusiness Journal: Gary Bettman earns quite the chunk of change
Snapshots —
... paid by NHL clubs totaling $56 million. An additional $4.95 million came from NHL Enterprises licensing, $3 million from copyright royalties and $6.97 million came from playoff assessments. Those numbers only represent NHL revenue and exclude revenue from NHL Enterprises, NHL Network and other business operations. Additional revenue from NHL Enterprises and member clubs pushed total league revenue to more than $2.5 billion over the 2007-08 season. Yahoo Sports' Greg Wyshysnki has a bit more on the situation.
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Gary Bettman’s Salary
Mother Pucker Hockey —
... Oh well, I guess when you sleep in your NHL jammies and jump around on your bed claiming to be the champion (of a belt you made yourself, and didn’t win), I guess you have to be a rich bastard.
There are all kinds of theories flying around on various websites as to why Bettman is making so much, but I’ll skip all of those and let the whole Internet know who created the Hey There Iginla video that we were treated to before the playoffs started. None other than Greg Wyshynski over at Puck Daddy!
This isn’t a ...
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crashthecrease.com 7/14/2009 — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman received a 27 percent raise during the 2007-08 season, pushing his salary with benefits to $7.1 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, according to league tax filings.
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sports.yahoo.com 7/3/2009 — This is simply one of the most fascinating video artifacts we've ever viewed on YouTube: Gary Bettman making his television debut as NHL commissioner, interviewed by the great Marv Albert on NBC during the 1992-93 All-Star Game in Montreal. It plays like an eerie prequel to the 16 years that ...
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sportressofblogitude.com 6/3/2009 — I can’t believe I missed it again. Every year, I try to remind myself in ways that I am sure will help me remember: circling the date on my desk calendar, making a paper chain, shaving “June 2nd” into the side of my head, but I always wake up on June 3rd aware that I [...]
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thestar.com 5/8/2009 — Garth Woolsey Sports Columnist Time and again throughout his 16 years in charge of the NHL, Gary Bettman has proven to be a bruising adversary, yet he still is often underestimated. Here he is again – all 5-foot-7 1/2 inches and 155 pounds of him – ...
Bettman on Charlie Rose: Love for glow pucks, NHL in Olympics
sports.yahoo.com 9/2/2009 — Adrian Dater of the Denver Post pimped this on Twitter today and it's a real gem: NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on PBS's Charlie Rose Show from Jan. 22, 1996. ( CharlieRose.com now has a full on-demand archive of interviews.) Click on Gary's boyish visage for the video, and then fast forward to ...
Appreciation for Gary Bettman
viewfrommyseats.com 6/9/2009 — I think we as hockey fans are looking at Gary Bettman all wrong. I know most NHL fans would boo his ass all the way back to the NBA if they had the opportunity. Have you ever been to a game where he’s dropping the ceremonial puck or is shown on the Jumbotron? Has anyone EVER heard people cheer ...
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Bleacher Report - NHL 7/15/2009
Friday may be a big day in Tampa Bay Lightning history. As previously reported by 620WDAE's Steve Duemig and here in this column, Lightning co-owner Len Barrie hasn't contributed one nickel to the Lightning franchise. That will change on Friday or ...
