How do they let Bettman maintain that it's "personal" on the part of Goldwater Institute and that's why they're behaving as they do?
Actually, I think the question Bettman asked is a lot more relevant - why is GWI allowed to do this when they appear to answer to absolutely no one?
Do you think, given the economic situation, that it is appropriate for Glendale to underwrite the team with taxpayer money?
That's not the league's call. As part of the support league management gives to every one of its teams, it backs whatever deals they try to negotiate. COG and MH agreed to this deal, so the league backs it, however they can.
Again with the assumption of far more responsibility than the league actually has.
Get ONE decent reporter in that news conference, and Bettman would be torn to shreds. Why should the public be subsidizing a league where the millionaires are employed by billionaire owners?
Given I answered that with ease, and that no reporter in history has ever "torn Bettman to shreds", I doubt your 'what if' conclusion quite strongly.
Whether you like them or not, Goldwater IS providing a public service. I'm FAR from a right winger, but I wish we had the equivalent here in BC.
Really? You want a private group, backed by private money, to have carte blanche to stop any agreement it decides is "unlawful"?
How about one that squelched abortion clinics?
Or one that decided unions shouldn't be allowed?
Or one that attempted to outlaw immigration?
Or the teaching of evolution? (or anything other than Christian-based schools, for that matter)
And they could do any of this, without you having any say at all, until they are backed down in court?
You really want that, eh?
Don't even try to claim I am exaggerating, either - every one of those is either in the process of being enacted in various states, or the fight is on to do so. Arizona is one of the most screwed up places in North America and people like the GWI are a big part of why.