I'm pumped it got reduced just to see what happens! I think this has the chance to either go away quietly or blow up in Bettman's face. I think that it can be shown that he was deliberately trying to prevent future appeals. If this is the case, and due process was not followed within reason, does the league not have exposure to massive lawsuits from the player and team? If there is no set process, can it not be argued legally that a reasonable process not be applied to this situation, which there clearly wasn't? I don't know, I'm not a lawyer, but I know someone who is, and he just undid his tie.
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