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Originally Posted by Slava
I guess I just think that there are a lot of unanswered questions here. I know that on a Flames board with the guy in question an Oilers owner this will go over like a lead balloon, but I actually feel a little bad for Katz. He (likely) wasn't trying to circumvent any laws and realistically probably didn't know the rules well if at all.
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A politically active billionaire who doesn't know the limits? Plausible, but man do you have to stretch to get there.
The timing of the donation lends weight to the argument he was trying to buy funding for his arena. One wonders if he wouldn't have tried a similar donation to Wildrose if they hadn't imploded?