Who Will Be the NHL’s Pat Tillman?
Posted on March 12, 2007
March 11, 2007
From: Commissioner Gary Bettman
To: NHL Player’s Association
Subject: Recent Negative Press
Good afternoon, everyone! I write today with news of an exciting new plan to improve our public image and to boost our ratings. As you know—or maybe you don’t know, but now you do—our ratings lately have been less than stellar. They’ve been not great, even. But they will be better, thanks to my leadership and your cooperation, which I’m assuming I have, because I know how much you all want to work with me to make this league great again.
As you probably know, the United States is at war right now. We—the NHL—do not have a stand on the war and don’t plan to take a stand on the war. People in America are very sensitive about people taking stands on things and they would rather us not say anything at all, so we’re keeping our mouths shut about the rights and wrongs of the situation and letting the government do what governments do. It’s not our place and it shouldn’t be our place, so we won’t say anything, because, as we’ve said, it’s best not to say anything.
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