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It’s Bettman’s Fault
by Paul on 08/05/09 at 05:57 PM ET
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from Scott Bordow of the East Valley Tribune,
...But my friend isn’t renewing his season ticket this year. He’s sick of the Coyotes’ ownership saga, so much so that he wouldn’t be incredibly upset if the team left town.
I can’t say I blame him.
This has become a disaster of Titanic proportions. The Coyotes still don’t know who their owner will be, and they may not have an answer by the Oct. 3 start of the regular season. They don’t have a TV contract. Their season-ticket base is dwindling, and sponsors are scurrying away like cockroaches when the light comes on.
With all due respect to the Los Angeles Clippers, the Coyotes are the most screwed-up organization in professional sports.
There’s plenty of blame to go around. But one man is primarily responsible, and it’s not Jerry Moyes and Jim Balsillie or Ed Beasley and Jerry Reinsdorf. No, this was orchestrated and then exacerbated by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman.
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