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Offside: The Harold Ballard Story

It's just unfortunateif you come along as a young athlete at that time and you've...

It's just unfortunate
if you come along as a young athlete at that time and you've worked
your whole life to be a pro hockey player
and you run into this

Full Transcript

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It's just unfortunate if you come along
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as a young athlete at that time
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and you've worked your whole life
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to be a pro hockey player and you run into this.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:55
Uploaded
Apr 15, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, sport
Production
Lone Eagle Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Toronto Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard -- Canada's greatest showman - He didn't invent greed. He perfected it.
You want to learn how to be a pro, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:14
You want to learn how to be a pro,
It got to the point where the-- Even the fans were so disgusted - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:08
It got to the point where the-- Even the fans were so disgus...
[Ormsby] I don't think it was directed - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:10
[Ormsby] I don't think it was directed
Harold was asked to take blame for that - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
Harold was asked to take blame for that
And he didn't draft the right players - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:08
And he didn't draft the right players
So, they had a flow through from their minor team - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
So, they had a flow through from their minor team
So, there's no question - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
So, there's no question
There was always the hope that sanity would prevail. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
There was always the hope that sanity would prevail.
There was always the hope that - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:07
There was always the hope that
[Joshi] He didn't espouse to the business theory that, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
[Joshi] He didn't espouse to the business theory that,
Why do I need to go and pay the hockey executive - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:10
Why do I need to go and pay the hockey executive
He never gave anybody total autonomy or total control. - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
He never gave anybody total autonomy or total control.
[reporter] How comfortable are you with your image - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:05
[reporter] How comfortable are you with your image
[narrator] Ballard loved chaos - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:12
[narrator] Ballard loved chaos
As we have been sucking the hind tit long enough - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:09
As we have been sucking the hind tit long enough
Goddammit, you can't-- - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:06
Goddammit, you can't--
And we've tried, whether you think we have or not, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:09
And we've tried, whether you think we have or not,
Through his ownership years, he was on the record a lot - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:11
Through his ownership years, he was on the record a lot
I don't think you can, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:11
I don't think you can,
If Harold Ballard existed in 2022, - Offside: The Harold Ballard Story 00:08
If Harold Ballard existed in 2022,