Earlier today, National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman released his verdict in Dennis Wideman's appeal of his 20 game suspension, with Bettman upholding the initial decision by Colin Campbell. (Wideman and the NHLPA will appeal, the final appeal they can make.) Bettman's full appeal decision is 23 pages long.
To save you the trouble of all that reading, we decided to read it for you and break out the relevant passages and arguments.
THE RULES THAT WERE BROKEN
After spending a few pages reviewing procedural matters - the date and order of the events in question, and some details about the appeal hearing itself - we get to the first juicy part: the rules.