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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Back to throwing personal potshots again, are we. Bettman had veto power in the 94/95 lockout and to say otherwise is more of your revisionist history.
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I don't believe that is true:
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
As in 1994, the owners' position was predicated around the need for a salary cap. In an effort to ensure solidarity amongst the owners, the league's governors voted to give Bettman the right to unilaterally veto any union offer as long as he had the backing of just eight owners.
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Sports Business Journal reported that Bettman's veto powers were bestowed as a result of a unanimous vote of the BoG in 2000:
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Originally Posted by Sports Business Journal (30 Aug, 2004)
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has extraordinary authority over approving any new labor agreement for the league.
Four years ago, NHL owners voted unanimously to allow Bettman to nix any deal if he has the support of just eight of the 30 NHL owners, said NHL chief legal officer Bill Daly.
In addition, a collective-bargaining agreement recommended by Bettman would need only a simple majority vote by ownership to pass, but if Bettman was against a deal, it would take three-quarters of the owners to override him.
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Even if you were correct about the extent of his power in 94/95—and I don't believe that you are, the fact that he had only been on the job for two years, in a position that had only just been created, and working within a new corporate culture understandably limited his influence among long-time members of the BoG.