Dick Pound-ing of NHL Angers Gary Bettman and Other Head Hockey Honchos
Unfortunately named Dick Pound (president of the World Anti-Doping Agency) drew the ire of assorted NHL players and execs with his claims published Nov. 25 that as many as one-third of NHL players use steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs.
“I would respectfully suggest that Mr. Pound’s comments have absolutely no basis in fact,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told The Canadian Press on Thursday. “I find it troubling, to say the least, that he would find it necessary to comment on something he has absolutely no knowledge of.”
Todd Bertuzzi of the Canucks was a little more candid:
“Who’s Dick Pound? Tell him to come in our dressing room with our shirts off and we’ll see how performance-enhanced we are. Tell him he can come hang out with me and see my workout.”
(Umm, Todd, you’re asking a man named Dick Pound to come hang out with you, half-naked, and watch you workout? Be careful what you ask for, eh. Unless, you know, you’re totally into that. Which is totally cool. Eh.)
