Gary Bettman, SI Power Issue
Posted by billhoward
Gary Bettman, SI Power Issue
Posted by: billhoward (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: March 08, 2013 03:11PM
Gary Bettman profiled in Sports Illustrated 3/11/13 now that he's been commissioner of the NHL for 20 years. Despite his critics (and SI has unearthed most of them), players and owners are making more money. SI says he may be the NHL's best commissioner ever (though the bar was set low by the "rogues gallery" of predecessors. U Michigan sports management prof Rodney Fort says, "[Bettman] will go down as one of the greatest commissioners in pro sports." SI wonders about his reputation if he had the charisma of a Bill Clinton. Bettman ranks #27. Nice read.
Roger Goodell and David Stern rank 1-2 followed by Philip Anschutz, team and arena owner, then ESPN president John skipper and MLB commissioner Bud Selig. NCAA president John Emmert checks in at #38: "He hasn't exactly distinguished himself in his three years on the job" but he does preside over the growth-minded NCAA ... "today, anyway." [sportsillustrated.cnn.com]
Roger Goodell and David Stern rank 1-2 followed by Philip Anschutz, team and arena owner, then ESPN president John skipper and MLB commissioner Bud Selig. NCAA president John Emmert checks in at #38: "He hasn't exactly distinguished himself in his three years on the job" but he does preside over the growth-minded NCAA ... "today, anyway." [sportsillustrated.cnn.com]
Re: Gary Bettman, SI Power Issue
Posted by: Ben (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: March 08, 2013 04:37PM
These lists invariably ignore or demote sports outside the US and Canada. N Srinivasan is more important to sports than Bettman or Goodell.billhoward
Gary Bettman profiled in Sports Illustrated 3/11/13 now that he's been commissioner of the NHL for 20 years. Despite his critics (and SI has unearthed most of them), players and owners are making more money. SI says he may be the NHL's best commissioner ever (though the bar was set low by the "rogues gallery" of predecessors. U Michigan sports management prof Rodney Fort says, "[Bettman] will go down as one of the greatest commissioners in pro sports." SI wonders about his reputation if he had the charisma of a Bill Clinton. Bettman ranks #27. Nice read.
Roger Goodell and David Stern rank 1-2 followed by Philip Anschutz, team and arena owner, then ESPN president John skipper and MLB commissioner Bud Selig. NCAA president John Emmert checks in at #38: "He hasn't exactly distinguished himself in his three years on the job" but he does preside over the growth-minded NCAA ... "today, anyway." [sportsillustrated.cnn.com]
Re: Gary Bettman, SI Power Issue
Posted by: KeithK (---.external.lmco.com)
Date: March 08, 2013 05:20PM
There are sports outside of North America/ And I should care why?Ben
These lists invariably ignore or demote sports outside the US and Canada. N Srinivasan is more important to sports than Bettman or Goodell.
A publication ought to focus on things that are of interest to their readership. For a US publication that means US sports. It certainly does not mean cricket.
Re: Gary Bettman, SI Power Issue
Posted by: Ben (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: March 08, 2013 06:29PM
Then qualify the list by area. The world doesn't end where the Atlantic Ocean meets our shores.KeithK
There are sports outside of North America/ And I should care why?Ben
These lists invariably ignore or demote sports outside the US and Canada. N Srinivasan is more important to sports than Bettman or Goodell.
A publication ought to focus on things that are of interest to their readership. For a US publication that means US sports. It certainly does not mean cricket.
Re: Gary Bettman, SI Power Issue
Posted by: Trotsky (---.hsd1.md.comcast.net)
Date: March 08, 2013 06:38PM
I'm sure Bettman has been wonderful for the business of hockey.
Who cares? The game itself is worse for his influence.
Who cares? The game itself is worse for his influence.
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