National Hockey League Players’ Association, Toronto
Sports Entertainment Financial Advisor Collective Bargaining Agreement The Executive Director of the National Hockey League Players’ Association, Paul Kelly retained Lindquist as Financial Advisor in regard to the Collective Bargaining Agreement that had been negotiated between the players and the thirty team owners of the National Hockey League. The key issue was to ensure that all “Hockey Related Revenue” was being recorded properly by each of the teams, since the player’s compensation is based upon 57% of the total of such revenues. Lindquist worked closely with Executive Director Kelly over a period of nearly two years, including participating is several...
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Regina vs. Harold Ballard
Sports Entertainment Management Fraud Wedding: a hockey expense This was the first case in Toronto to answer the question as to whether there is one law for the rich and a different law for the poor when a high profile person in the community is the subject of a major fraud. Harold Ballard was the owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs NHL hockey club and I had the pleasure of working in Maple Leaf Gardens identifying vendor invoices that were later determined to be fraudulent – with wedding expenses charged to the Gardens’ hockey stick expense account. The accused gave...
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