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The more I read through this article about Harold Ballard, the more I’m struck by how the rich can do whatever they want.

A History of Harold Ballard’s Villainy:

In The Game, Ken Dryden wrote that Ballard seemed ‘like [a] wrestling villain who touches the audience to make his next villainy seem worse.’

Neilson was hired back a few days later after the players protested to Ballard, who relented, only to insist that Neilson wear a paper bag over his head for his first game back as a coach.