NHL Loses Rights to NHL.com

[cprice12]

NHL Loses Rights To NHL.com, Moves Website To NHLHockeySports.com
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NEW YORK—In a disappointing coda to one of its most thrilling seasons in years, the NHL lost its longstanding Internet domain last week when executives failed to pay the renewal fee for NHL.com, allowing 18-year-old California resident Fredrick Westfield to purchase the URL for $10.69. "While our online situation is not ideal, our fans will still be able to get all the latest breaking hockey news they crave at NHLHockeySports.com," Commissioner Gary Bettman said of the domain his league will use unless Westfield lowers his NHL.com asking price from the "exorbitant sum" of $2,000 to something more reasonable. "Fans can still be friends with the NHL on Facebook and MySpace, where we post tons of great stuff like photos, videos, scores, and poll questions." Bettman later admitted that he wasn't sure how the problem was overlooked nine months ago when the league was forced to upgrade from its previous Yahoo! GeoCities hosting platform.

[JPonder94]

That is ridiculous.

[ohio BLUES]

That is ridiculous.

No kidding. What fine news source would ever write such a story?

[fargoblues]

That is ridiculous.

No kidding. What fine news source would ever write such a story?

What you did thar, I saw it.

[JPonder94]

That is ridiculous.

No kidding. What fine news source would ever write such a story?

What you did thar, I saw it.

Guess I should have clicked that link

Let me rephrase that:



I am ridiculous.

[cprice12]

That is ridiculous.

No kidding. What fine news source would ever write such a story?

What you did thar, I saw it.

Guess I should have clicked that link

Let me rephrase that:



I am ridiculous.

[ComradeT]

Hillarious stuff. Onion comes through once again!

[thedoc]

They should have paid the guy the $2000 for the web name and another $10,000 to keep his mouth shut. One of the dumbest moves ever in professional sports. I hope someone got fired for that one.

[ohio BLUES]

They should have paid the guy the $2000 for the web name and another $10,000 to keep his mouth shut. One of the dumbest moves ever in professional sports. I hope someone got fired for that one.

[STLADOGG]

Just to clear things up, this is a joke right? lol

[ViPeRx007]

I'm not sure what is better, the story or the people here who believed it.

I think a collective facepalm is in order....

[philco_3]

They should have paid the guy the $2000 for the web name and another $10,000 to keep his mouth shut. One of the dumbest moves ever in professional sports. I hope someone got fired for that one.

I blame this on Bettman.

[KC Express]

I'm not sure what is better, the story or the people here who believed it.

I think a collective facepalm is in order....

Would you put it by Bettman's crew?

[jaro]

The most amazing part of this is (while the joke is great) is that Bettman his crew of buffoons are so inept that some actually believed it too be true. Any one of us could imagine this actually happening! No one could begin to believe such a bumble from MLB, NHL, or NBA.

[illownyou]

Classic.

[stlbluz]

The most amazing part of this is (while the joke is great) is that Bettman his crew of buffoons are so inept that some actually believed it too be true. Any one of us could imagine this actually happening! No one could begin to believe such a bumble from MLB, NHL, or NBA.

I wouldn't go that far. NFL maybe.

[SteveO]

I can't believe anyone thought this was true.