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How Much Longer Will Owners Support Bettman?
by Paul on 09/29/09 at 09:31 AM ET
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Richard C. Powers is the associate dean and executive director of MBA and Master of Finance program at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
from Richard Powers at the Toronto Sun,
As we await the decision on the fate of the Phoenix Coyotes, there is an interesting angle to the story that should be front and centre—why does the NHL continue to push its southern U.S. strategy when everything seems to suggest it hasn’t worked?
More to the point, how has NHL commissioner Gary Bettman managed to keep his position despite numerous problems and fiascos south of the border? In just about any other job, he would have been turfed out with last week’s salad.
Let’s examine the facts. Phoenix is just the tip of the iceberg.
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