Thursday, April 24, 2008

Bettman Put Kibosh on Avery Rule T-Shirt

Larry Brooks at The New York Post reports...

"Gary Bettman was the last to know, but when the NHL commissioner learned from a third party that his league had authorized production of a licensed "Avery Rule" tee shirt - as The Post reported yesterday - to commemorate Ranger forward Sean Avery's playoff face-guarding of Devil goaltender Martin Brodeur , Bettman put the kibosh on the whole thing, The Post has been told...

... The league then solicited approval from the NHL Players Association, which in turn sought and received permission from Avery to authorize the product.

It was only then, after all parties had signed off on the project - believed late Tuesday - that Bettman and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly learned of the plan."

...man Bettman needs to loosen up.

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