Counsel in the Crease: A Big League Player in the Hockey Wars
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (822 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591023556 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 492 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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good book 5480 guy insightful book on hockey from 15 or so years ago.liked the local angle on buffalo sabres at that time aand place.
He also talks frankly about the impact of Adelphia’s bankruptcy on the fate of the Sabres and about the obsessions and frustrations of the 2004 NHL lockout. and Canada, especially Buffalo Sabres fans, and anyone interested in the business of bigtime sports, Robert Swados’s entertaining and informative story is a must-read.. Swados has worn many hats—owner, league executive, counsel, and franchise builder. He tells many fascinating tales about his dealings with winning coaches including Scotty Bowman, with General Managers Punch Imlach and John Muckler, with owner John McMullen, and with commissioners John Ziegler and Gary Bettman, among others. Perhaps no one in professional sports has had such an engaging and productive view.For hockey fans in the U.S. In this wide-ranging and good-humored memoir, Swados offers many behind-the-scenes insights into the players, coaches, executives, and owners who have created today’s sports entertainment industry. As part owner, vice chairman, and counsel of the Sabres, Swados has had many opportunities to "score from the crease," and sometimes the action behind the scenes is just as rough and tumble as that on the ice. The deal was so close that a New York Daily News headline erroneously announced that new franchises would go to San Diego and Buffalo.B
In Swados's case, the bulk of his career was as counsel to various professional baseball and hockey organizations, and most of his book covers his single-minded efforts to bring sports franchises to the Buffalo, N.Y., area. General hockey fans will be enlightened by Swados's insights into the sport's various financial and legal imbroglios. One of his major battles was establishing the Buffalo Sabres in the National Hockey League, and fans of that team will thoroughly enjoy Swados's insider views of the Sabres and its various owners. (Jan.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly Reading attorney Swados's fascinating if overlong autobiography of his half-decade of legal battles is rather lik
Swados is presently of counsel for Phillips Lytle LLP, a leading Buffalo law firm, and an officer for the Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame and Foundation. . He has been a member of the Hall of Fame since 1995 and chairman of its selection committee since 2001. Robert O