It was a rough week or so to be the commissioner of a professional sports league in North America.
Gary Bettman’s attention during NHL All-Star weekend was diverted by Rocky Wirtz’s town hall rant, forcing the NHL commissioner to come to the defense of the beleaguered Chicago Blackhawks chairman, whom Bettman claimed was caught at a “vulnerable, emotional point.”
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s annual state-of-the-game news conference at the Super Bowl was dominated by questions about the lack of diversity in the head coaching ranks, following former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores’ class-action lawsuit against the league and three teams for racial discrimination.
