NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman’s salary and benefits "climbed to more than" $8M for the '11-12 season, the most recent full season prior to the '12-13 lockout, according to tax documents cited by Christopher Botta of SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL. Bettman received more than $8.3M in "salary and benefits during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012." His "total compensation the previous year" was $7.98M. Bettman’s "base salary" for the '11-12 season was $6,395,521. Payment "defined as other compensation" was $1,816,628. He also received $65,795 in "deferred compensation and $28,800 in benefits." Bettman’s salary has "more than doubled over a period that has seen the league’s total revenue increase" from $2.1B in '03-04 to $3.2B for '11-12. In the lockout-canceled season of '04-05, Bettman made $3.7M. The annual tax filings "cover the NHL’s central business operations and do not include the team-level and other businesses that play a part in totaling projected league revenue each season." On the whole, the league "posted a loss for its business" of $3.6M for '11-12, versus a loss of $14.8M the previous season (SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL, 9/2 issue).
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NHL EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION DURING '11-12 SEASON
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| EXEC |
TITLE |
COMPENSATION*
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| Gary Bettman |
Commissioner |
$8,306,744
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| Bill Daly |
Deputy Commissioner |
$3,263,004
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| John Collins |
COO |
$2,917,751
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| Colin Campbell |
Senior Exec VP/Hockey Operations |
$1,684,698
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| Craig Harnett |
CFO |
$1,230,034
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| David Zimmerman |
Exec VP, Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel |
$833,987
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| Joseph DeSousa |
Exec VP/Finance |
$733,490
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| David Proper |
Exec VP/Media Strategies & Distribution |
$714,302
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| Michael Murphy |
Senior VP/Hockey Operations |
$628,534
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NOTES: Figures are for the 12-month period ending June 30, 2012 and come from Form 990, Department of the Treasury and IRS. * = Total includes base compensation, bonuses, other reportable compensation, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits.
