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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Bettman runs the league's business operations. He doesn't run the individual franchises. Joel Quenneville has been held responsible because he was Brad Aldrich's direct superior, and Stan Bowman has been held responsible because he had the power to fire Aldrich. Bettman wasn't in the chain of command at all. He didn't have the legal authority to intervene, and anything he would have to say on the matter would be legally considered hearsay.
What some people seem to overlook is that the NHL is not the police. Sexual assault isn't a violation of the rules of hockey; it's a crime. This whole matter should have been in the hands of the police and the courts from the beginning. The people directly involved deserve punishment because they covered it up to keep law enforcement from getting involved. Bettman's attitude in this whole matter has been unhelpful, and he has at least two feet firmly wedged in his mouth, but he is not one of the guilty parties.
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This has nothing to do with my point, though.
The example of JQ was only brought up to say that if we follow the same logic, then Bettman being at the behest of his employers is not a valid excuse. Not to implicate Gary somehow.
I don’t think anyone is overlooking that the NHL is not the police. I think people are questioning the seriousness with which the NHL takes racism and sexual assault, a seriousness for which Bettman is, in fact, responsible.