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Peter wrote:YOu can't blame him. If I "buy a business" and somebody mandates how I run it, I would want out too.
dogwithshftyeyes wrote:in addition. i have a bad feeling that this means balsillie knows something about the IOC that we dont.
Fast B wrote:Peter wrote:YOu can't blame him. If I "buy a business" and somebody mandates how I run it, I would want out too.
Uh, except pro sports in the US aren't private enterprises. For better or worse, a prospective owner has to be accepted into a club. Individual teams aren't competing businesses, they're different branches of the same business. If the league doesn't think he meets their conditions, they don't have to approve a sale. Simple as that.
NIN wrote:Corban87 wrote:WOW just WOW, I dont believe this...
So do you think the NHL saw Plan B and find it very viable?
I think that for the first time Bettman may have done something for the good of the league instead of the good of his pockets.
Pitts wrote:NIN wrote:Corban87 wrote:WOW just WOW, I dont believe this...
So do you think the NHL saw Plan B and find it very viable?
I think that for the first time Bettman may have done something for the good of the league instead of the good of his pockets.
All this means is that his intentions were to move the team. Period.
Gaucho wrote:Sounds like good news to me. Or not?
NIN wrote:Pitts wrote:NIN wrote:Corban87 wrote:WOW just WOW, I dont believe this...
So do you think the NHL saw Plan B and find it very viable?
I think that for the first time Bettman may have done something for the good of the league instead of the good of his pockets.
All this means is that his intentions were to move the team. Period.
Perhaps, but Bettman did not have to strong arm him, but he apparently did. I am thinking that Balsillie no longer likes EITHER plan.
Pitts wrote:NIN wrote:Pitts wrote:NIN wrote:Corban87 wrote:WOW just WOW, I dont believe this...
So do you think the NHL saw Plan B and find it very viable?
I think that for the first time Bettman may have done something for the good of the league instead of the good of his pockets.
All this means is that his intentions were to move the team. Period.
Perhaps, but Bettman did not have to strong arm him, but he apparently did. I am thinking that Balsillie no longer likes EITHER plan.
What do you mean by strong arm him? Obviously Balsillie was talking out of both sides of his @s$ and Bettman was truthful with him.
On the other side, maybe Ballsy was hoping IoC didn't win so he could say no to plan B and move the team and he got a strong feeling IoC was going to get the license - thus forcing him to stay in Pittsburgh.
On the other side, maybe Ballsy was hoping IoC didn't win so he could say no to plan B and move the team and he got a strong feeling IoC was going to get the license - thus forcing him to stay in Pittsburgh.
NIN wrote:Pitts wrote:NIN wrote:Pitts wrote:NIN wrote:Corban87 wrote:WOW just WOW, I dont believe this...
So do you think the NHL saw Plan B and find it very viable?
I think that for the first time Bettman may have done something for the good of the league instead of the good of his pockets.
All this means is that his intentions were to move the team. Period.
Perhaps, but Bettman did not have to strong arm him, but he apparently did. I am thinking that Balsillie no longer likes EITHER plan.
What do you mean by strong arm him? Obviously Balsillie was talking out of both sides of his @s$ and Bettman was truthful with him.
On the other side, maybe Ballsy was hoping IoC didn't win so he could say no to plan B and move the team and he got a strong feeling IoC was going to get the license - thus forcing him to stay in Pittsburgh.
It was'nt too long ago that Bettman was singing in chorus with Balsillie and LG to "get a new arena" or there will be a lot of "uncertainty". NOW. His tune is that of eliminating that "uncertainy". It's like suddenly he is on the Penguin fans side, and not the money making side.
That's an interesting point of veiw.
tluke53 wrote:NIN wrote:Pitts wrote:NIN wrote:Pitts wrote:NIN wrote:Corban87 wrote:WOW just WOW, I dont believe this...
So do you think the NHL saw Plan B and find it very viable?
I think that for the first time Bettman may have done something for the good of the league instead of the good of his pockets.
All this means is that his intentions were to move the team. Period.
Perhaps, but Bettman did not have to strong arm him, but he apparently did. I am thinking that Balsillie no longer likes EITHER plan.
What do you mean by strong arm him? Obviously Balsillie was talking out of both sides of his @s$ and Bettman was truthful with him.
On the other side, maybe Ballsy was hoping IoC didn't win so he could say no to plan B and move the team and he got a strong feeling IoC was going to get the license - thus forcing him to stay in Pittsburgh.
It was'nt too long ago that Bettman was singing in chorus with Balsillie and LG to "get a new arena" or there will be a lot of "uncertainty". NOW. His tune is that of eliminating that "uncertainy". It's like suddenly he is on the Penguin fans side, and not the money making side.
That's an interesting point of veiw.
Come on NIN, you know better than that. It's ALWAYS about the money. Longterm its in the NHL's interest to keep the team in the US so that they can market Sid and Geno to sale the game.
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