NHLPA with egg on their face once again....

Seriously, is there a union out there that is run by bigger dunderheads than the NHL player's???

NHLPA UNDER FIRE FOR MCMURTRY'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST

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It appears as though the NHL Players' Association has made a major blunder in their attempt to prove they had just cause for the firing of former head of the PA Paul Kelly.

It has been revealed that former Ontario chief justice Roy McMurtry, who the PA had hired to write an opinion on whether Kelly's conduct provided cause for dismissal, was in conflict of interest for accepting the role.

According to sources, McMurtry failed to disclose to the Players' Association upon his hiring that he had a past relationship with former NHLPA boss Alan Eagleson during the time that Kelly, then a prosecutor, helped to get the first ever executive director of the PA jailed for corruption and embezzlement charges. Eagleson was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty.

In a statement, the Players' Association acknowledged the conflict by coming clean with what many perceive to be an embarrassing mistake.

"The NHLPA retained the Honourable R. Roy McMurtry on the basis that he is one of the most highly regarded members of the legal community. The NHLPA and our outside counsel were unaware of his past interaction with Alan Eagleson. Accordingly, we will now seek the NHLPA Executive Board's direction regarding the preparation of a second legal opinion."

In his findings published in the Toronto Star Wednesday, McMurtry determined that the PA had just cause to dismiss Kelly over what he described as a "serious breach of trust" when Kelly improperly obtained a full transcript of a confidential board meeting that excluded him. Due to the conflict of interest, the Players' Association will be forced to dismiss these findings.

I frankly don't care who runs the PA but i swear if there is another lockout i am going to be furious.

Realistically speaking, they could hire and fire whoever the hell they want and for whatever reason. If you pissoff your boss or are an underperformer than you can be fired. Plain and simple, why even bother giving a reason.
Why complicate things by making statements about this and that and just say he was fired because we wanted to go in a different direction and he wasn't the man to do it. Done deal.

Quisp wrote:

Realistically speaking, they could hire and fire whoever the hell they want and for whatever reason. If you pissoff your boss or are an underperformer than you can be fired. Plain and simple, why even bother giving a reason.
Why complicate things by making statements about this and that and just say he was fired because we wanted to go in a different direction and he wasn't the man to do it. Done deal.

Not true. Unions have by-laws they must follow to remove someone...

Sports unions have so outlived their usefulness it's crazy.

MuckandGrind wrote:

Seriously, is there a union out there that is run by bigger dunderheads than the NHL player's???

That question is rhetorical, right?