Bettman stands firm against luxury tax
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Just in case it wasn&#39;t clear before, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman reiterated on Tuesday that the league won&#39;t consider a luxury tax system in future negotiations over a new collective bargaining agreement.
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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says the players&#39; association presented a constructive proposal Thursday that the league would respond to next week.
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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman speaks to the media at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Wednesday Dec. 1, 2004.
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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, who has said throughout the lockout that he won&#39;t declare a drop-dead date for the season, might have done so by calling a Jan. 14 meeting of the board of governors in New York.
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Commissioner Bud Selig and other baseball owners should be thrilled. The luxury tax on payrolls has inhibited George Steinbrenner's spending.
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It has long been the National Hockey League Players&#39; Association position that it&#39;s the league&#39;s owners that are driving the lockout bus, that commissioner Gary Bettman has staked his reputation
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(CP) - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman spent part of his afternoon Wednesday answering questions from fans about the league&#39;s lockout rather than preparing for opening night.
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The NHL intends to reject the Players&#39; Association&#39;s latest proposal and counter with one &quot;consistent with our mandate,&quot; NHL executive vice president Bill Daly wrote in a Dec. 12 memorandum to all 30 member clubs.
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Bob Goodenow, the executive director of the N.H.L. Players' Association, stresses that the labor conflict is not a personality clash with Commissioner Gary Bettman.
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The New York Yankees did accomplish something this year: They lowered their luxury tax for the second straight season.
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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman all but killed the 2004-05 season yesterday. Not only did club owners reject the players&#39; union offer to take a 24 percent pay reduction, but Bettman also put a
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TORONTO -- Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson has a message for NHL commissioner Gary Bettman: The Players&#39; Association won&#39;t break.
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With just a little bit of hedging, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman all but issued a drop-dead date for saving what's left of the season: this weekend.
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Nashville Predators owner Craig Leipold has asked the NHL to hold off its consideration of a deal to sell the team to Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie.
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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman isn&#39;t taking signs of dissension within the player ranks very seriously. &quot;I view it as a part of the process,&quot; Bettman told TSN in an interview broadcast Monday night.
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Thereâs no crying in baseball - or hockey for that matter â-ut it appears there can be rollbacks in CBA negotiating. Surely the most shocking element of the NHLPAâs proposal to the NHL owners on Thursday
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National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman doesn&#39;t appear optimistic that the current player lockout will end soon, according to a televised report.