ALAN EAGLESON WAS BACK IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK AFTER ANNOUNCING HE WAS SELLING 98 ITEMS OF MEMORABILIA VIA INTERNET AUCTION.....THIS HAS MADE TEETH GRIND IN THE HOME OF HOCKEY CANADA WHO THINK THEY SHOULD BE GETTING A PIECE OF WHATEVER LIMITED ACTION THERE IS FOR WHAT IS FOR THE MOST PART A COLLECTION OF JUNK.
EAGLESON SERVED 7 MONTHS IN JAIL AND WAS FINED 700 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR HIS MISCONDUCT IN RUNING THE NHLPA. SUDDENLY HIS GHOST IS LOOMING OVER THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION AGAIN. WHEN HE HEADED UP THE PLAYERS UNION HE PUSHED THROUGH AN AMENDMENT TO THE ASSOCIATIONS BYE-LAWS THAT SAID THE "EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE UNION SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO BIND ALL MEMBERS. IN THE PRESENT DAY THAT MEANS THAT 30 PLAYER REPRESENTATIVES CAN DICTATE TO THE 700 PLAYER MEMBERSHIP. AS FIRST MIKE MILBURY BACK IN THE EAGLESON DAY...AND CHRIS CHELIOS TODAY ARE QUICK TO POINT OUT ---THAT IS HARDLY DEMOCRATIC.
ARMED WITH CLOSE TO ABSOLUTE POWER WE HAVE HAD IRREGULARITY AFTER IRREGULARITY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PLAYERS UNION.......E-MAILS..A 50 MILLION DOLLAR STRIKE FUND THAT HASN'T BEEN GIVEN BACK TO THE PLAYERS. A WRITTEN-OFF 300 THOUSAND DOLLAR LOAN USING PLAYER FUNDS WITH NO EXPLANATION.
SO ALAN EAGLESON LIVES AFTER ALL. AND WHILE HE SITS HOME HOPING TO MAKE A KILLING ON HIS GAME-WORN CANADA CUP JERSEYS...THE SAME AUCTION COMPANY HAS ANOTHER CLIENT WHO IS SELLING THE JERSEY THAT BOBBY ORR WORE WHEN HE SCORED THAT FAMOUS AIR-BORNE GOALAGAINST ST. LOUIS TO WIN THE 1972 STANLEY CUP. AS OF THIS AFTERNOON THE BIDDING FOR THE SWEATER IS UP TO 81 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
HOW DID THE EAGLE MISS THAT ONE.
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