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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Okay here it is guys. Bettman was given the power to cancel the 94/95 season. That gave him control over the lockout. What happened in 2004/05 spelled out in more detail his control but he had already been given it in the previous lockout and he turtled.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sport...uts/57276222/1
Oh yeah, I'd like an apology from Textcritic, Resolute and Tranny who went above and beyond with your insults. |
You will get no apology for attempting to move the goalposts. You claimed, as an absolute fact, that Bettman had his veto in 1994-95. You have not offered one ounce of support for that claim. What you are pointing to here is literally a different concept entirely.
That the owners made a public claim of willingness to cancel the season in 1995 as an attempt at pressuring the union into a settlement is not evidence of a veto. And, as history told us, the owners' statement in that regard was just a front, as their unity fell apart before it came to cancelling the season. The very history you are trying to change tells us that you are still wrong.
It's not exactly the only time in history that powerful threats proved meritless either. In 2002, the MLBPA once again authorized Don Fehr to take the players on strike right before the playoffs. However, on the eve of that strike, the appetite to do so fell apart, and the two sides completed a last second deal.
So, once again, and for once in your existence, stop making things up to fit your own private world. Demonstrate the existence of sources that state outright that Gary Bettman had veto powers in 1994-95.