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WAS GOVERNMENT'S PULL-BACK THE LAST STRAW FOR NHL IN CANADA?

          The Canadian Federal Government's reversal on assisting
     the country's six NHL franchises was examined by Joel Stein
     in TIME's Canada edition under the header, "Checked Out:
     Ottawa Tried to Save Canadian Pro Hockey, And Then The
     People Spoke. So Is The Country Going To Need To Find A New
     Sport?"  When Federal Industry Minister John Manley made his
     "desperate, and incredibly short-lived" aid offer, the
     "country's reaction was telling."  Contrasting the reaction
     when the Jets left Winnipeg, "this time, Canadians might be
     ready to let pro hockey go."  Stein writes that Manley's
     plan "was much more clumsy, politically, than the one the
     NHL was pushing."  NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman suggested
     the government pay a percentage of the Sports Lottery where
     Canadians bet weekly on NHL games.  Stein writes that the
     NHL "might now live up to its threat to sue the government
     for some or all of the lottery money."  Bettman told TIME
     before the aid package was pulled, "I'm going to go nuts if
     we lose another team from Canada."  Stein writes, "Now it
     looks as if Bettman may have to be institutionalized," as
     despite his "best efforts to prevent it," Canada is "going
     to continue losing teams" (TIME -- Canada, 1/31 issue). 

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