Why Gary Bettman Still Has a Job

Sportsbiz posted 11/9/2007 from thesportsbizblog.blogspot.com [flag]

If you wonder why Gary Bettman still has a job despite the fact that you can't watch your favorite hockey team play more than once or twice a year, wonder no more. The folks at Forbes have answered that mystery once and for all in their annual look at the value of NHL franchises. In the two years since the lockout, the value of the average franchise has increased 23% and the league has gone ... [link]

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Published 11/10/2007 by Skeets at Deadspin
... played the entire postseason with a broken hand. [Center Field] • What's up with all these soccer stars turned supermodels? [Machochip] • Hilarious new Mike Comrie-Hillary Duff rumors. [Best Week Ever] • Helping Joe Torre write his memoirs. [IT IS HIGH, IT IS FAR, IT IS ... Caught] • The Pittsburgh Steelers: America's Real Team. [Bleacher Report] • How does Gary Bettman still have a job? Money. [SportsBiz] • Calling bullshit on Whitlock's comments about Reid's kids. [Bleeding Green ...

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Published 11/11/2007 by Skeets at Deadspin
... played the entire postseason with a broken hand. [Center Field] • What's up with all these soccer stars turned supermodels? [Machochip] • Hilarious new Mike Comrie-Hillary Duff rumors. [Best Week Ever] • Helping Joe Torre write his memoirs. [IT IS HIGH, IT IS FAR, IT IS ... Caught] • The Pittsburgh Steelers: America's Real Team. [Bleacher Report] • How does Gary Bettman still have a job? Money. [SportsBiz] • Calling bullshit on Whitlock's comments about Reid's kids. [Bleeding Green ...

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