Off Wing Opinion

The suits at the CBC have looked South of the border for a creative way to clamp down on commentator Don Cherry:

The CBC has placed controversial hockey commentator Don Cherry on a seven-second tape-delay leash and publicly reprimanded him over what management called an ``inappropriate and reprehensible personal opinion'' expressed on air.

The announcement came Friday from Harold Redekopp, executive vice-president of CBC Television, and capped a day of Cherry-baiting invective that rivalled some of the former NHL coach's colourful public pronouncements.

This entry was posted on Friday, February 6th, 2004 at 6:40 pm by Eric McErlain and is filed under Hockey. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.