It is a ticking timebomb
Sunday Hockey Notes: Will Gary Bettman’s legacy be ignoring head injuries? - The Boston Globe
Every June, as the ever willing piñata, Bettman takes to the ice in some Original 31 barn and presents the Stanley Cup and gets pelted with a similar torrent of booing. In the game’s happiest moment, even when it’s the “home” rink where the Cup is presented, fans can’t resist shouting down the smiling Bettman. It is both painful and comical to witness. Nonetheless, he persists.
Inarguably, Bettman has been great for NHL business, and ultimately, with the cost of an expansion franchise set at $650 million (welcome, Seattle), all league commissioners in 2018 are first and foremost CEOs rather than, say, the good and benevolent shepherds of the games we love.
CTE only can be diagnosed posthumously. Which is zero comfort to those living every day with the basketful of symptoms, including loss of memory, impaired sleep, acute mood swings, and more — similar to such debilitating illnesses as ALS, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s.
Sunday Hockey Notes: Will Gary Bettman’s legacy be ignoring head injuries? - The Boston Globe
Every June, as the ever willing piñata, Bettman takes to the ice in some Original 31 barn and presents the Stanley Cup and gets pelted with a similar torrent of booing. In the game’s happiest moment, even when it’s the “home” rink where the Cup is presented, fans can’t resist shouting down the smiling Bettman. It is both painful and comical to witness. Nonetheless, he persists.
Inarguably, Bettman has been great for NHL business, and ultimately, with the cost of an expansion franchise set at $650 million (welcome, Seattle), all league commissioners in 2018 are first and foremost CEOs rather than, say, the good and benevolent shepherds of the games we love.
CTE only can be diagnosed posthumously. Which is zero comfort to those living every day with the basketful of symptoms, including loss of memory, impaired sleep, acute mood swings, and more — similar to such debilitating illnesses as ALS, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s.
