Menu
Leagues and Governing Bodies

NHL Tax Filing Shows Gary Bettman Made $7.5M In '09-10, Up 4%

The NHL's most recent tax filing shows that Commissioner Gary Bettman's total compensation "increased 4 percent during the 2009-10 season, pushing his salary plus benefits to $7.5 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010," according to Fred Dreier of SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL. For '09-10, Bettman's "base salary was $5,787,524, other compensation $826,369, deferred compensation $877,597 and benefits $25,988." The NHL "declined to comment" on Bettman's pay increase. His salary "has doubled since the 2004-05 lockout, when he was paid" $3.7M. The chart below lists compensation for 10 of the league's top executives (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 7/25 issue).

EXEC POSITION
COMPENSATION*
Gary Bettman Commissioner
$7,517,478
Bill Daly Deputy Commissioner
$2,037,394
Colin Campbell Dir of Hockey Operations
$1,496,256
Craig Harnett CFO
$1,112,080
John Collins COO
$1,189,770
David Zimmerman General Counsel
$666,520
Joseph DeSousa Exec VP/Finance
$604,139
Donald Koharski Officiating Manager
$1,141,959
Robert Shick Officiating Manager
$505,213
Ed Horne** Senior Exec VP/Club Business &
Strategic Development
$811,573
     

NOTES: * = Total compensation includes base compensation, bonuses, other reportable compensation, deferred compensation and non-taxable benefits. ** = No longer works for the league.

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2011/07/26/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/Bettman.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2011/07/26/Leagues-and-Governing-Bodies/Bettman.aspx

CLOSE