The Short End of the Stick
Friday, November 19, 2004

Posted by Kerrzy

Many of histories littlest men have been some of the biggest shit-disturbers due to their sad methods of longitudinal compensation. Hitler, Napolean right up to that chippy little bastard on the team you played last weekend; we’re all shin-deep in a world full of the effects of small-man-syndrome..

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It should come as no surprise then that in the latest issue of the most trusted and respected financial publication on the market, Forbes magazine recognized all of the familiar symptoms. According to the magazine, the pint-sized pugilist and the rest of the NHL’s officials have been everything but honest in their quest for “cost-certainty” which has so far cost us well over 200 games, a skills competition, an all-star game and eventually, this year’s “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em”.

From what the folks at Forbes found, it looks like the NHL threw an extra $278-million onto the figures that were released by them regarding the leagues combined financial losses in the last two years, by not including all sources of revenue for team owners....more


In an unsurprisingly predictable move, the NHL has fired back with a barrage of “I know you are, but what am I”, and “I’m rubber, you’re glue” type statements saying that the independent research done by Forbes is wrong and we should believe the audit they did themselves. If the figures released by Forbes are actually true, it makes Gary Bettman and the rest of the NHL big-wigs look like the sort of guys that wear neck braces when the insurance folks come around, and then go bungee jumping. This seems like the CBA style version of the prosecution in the O.J. Simpson case finding the glove that “didn’t fit”..

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