In my opinion, I believe he is the worst commissioner in pro sports. The commissioner is supposed to spark interest, and make the game grow as a whole, just look at tagaligue and stern and what they have done fo their leagues. Bettman is KILLING his league. In the mid '90s, everybody was talking that hockey might get so big it might become bigger than basketball, while I never believed it to going that big. Bettman and the players, and the league have the worst time connecting to fans after the strike. Bettman's worst dcison as the commissioner is giving the TV deal to VS. VS is a channel in the 600s at my satelittle at home, and is very hard t find. If Bettmann were smart, he needed to realize if he was going to be on that channel, ESPN, the major sports channel, was not going to give the league a ton of attention that the game deserves. Bettman is driving the game of hockey to the ground, and is probably not even in the top 4 sports anymore. NHL needs2 ad youngguys2becomebig
2007-02-07
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