FFS people, everyone is arguing like this would have gone to a court of law to be interpreted by a judge who is only going to look at the words printed on paper.
Bettman had the God power to restore sanity should it have been necessary - we have seen commissioners in other leagues do similar things (Chris Paul trade to Lakers comes to mind). The only scenario in which Bettman would not have intervened is if the other 29 owners all hated Murray Edwards so much that they would take a hit to HRR to stick it to him.
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