William "Bill" L Daly III was born on May 1,1964 and is an American attorney and the current deputy commissioner and chief legal officer of the National Hockey League under Commissioner Gary Bettman.
22 Facts About Bill Daly
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Bill Daly is a Hockey Hall of Fame board member and former NHL vice president and chief legal officer.
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Bill Daly received his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and his JD degree from New York University School of Law.
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Bill Daly majored in government, with an additional concentration in history, at Dartmouth College, where he played varsity football.
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Bill Daly graduated from Dartmouth in 1986 and went on to obtain his JD degree from NYU School of Law.
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In 1996, Bill Daly was hired by the National Hockey League as senior vice president of legal affairs.
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In 2000, Bill Daly began assuming responsibility for all of the NHL's international transactions with the league's new focus on international affairs.
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Shortly after, in 2001, Bill Daly established an agreement between the NHL and International Ice Hockey Federation that stated a number of guidelines for international player relations including the age at which teams can sign European prospects, how long they can keep players, and compensation for European clubs for the loss of their star players.
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In 2005, Bill Daly was named the first NHL deputy commissioner.
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Bill Daly spoke at the World Hockey Summit in 2010, and stated a desire to increase the number of NHL games in Europe and to market its brands and most popular teams to Europeans.
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Bill Daly played a key role in two of the most impactful commercial contracts with TV rightsholders in NHL history.
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In 2017, Bill Daly reinvigorated the NHL's international strategy that brought NHL teams to China for the first-ever preseason games in Beijing and Shanghai.
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Bill Daly oversees the NHL's relationship - including negotiating and administering necessary working agreements - with the NHL Alumni Association, American Hockey League, Canadian Hockey League, Hockey Canada and USA Hockey.
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Bill Daly is the President of the NHL Foundation, the organization that administers charitable dollars and initiatives for the NHL and its teams.
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Bill Daly is a board member for the NHL Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.
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Bill Daly is on the Board of Directors, as an NHL representative, for the Hockey Hall of Fame and USA Hockey.
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Bill Daly holds the duty of presenting the Presidents' Trophy to the team with the NHL's best regular season record, as well as hosting the NHL draft lottery.
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Bill Daly oversees the NHL's participation in all international hockey competitions, including the Olympics, the World Cup of Hockey, the IIHF World Hockey Championships, NHL Global Series and NHL China Games.
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Outside of his responsibilities with the NHL, Bill Daly has served as a board member for the Sports Lawyers Association.
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Bill Daly has served on boards the Sports Development Corporation of the City of New York, and the Sports Law and Antitrust Law Committees of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
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In 2013, Bill Daly was selected as one of Legal 500's Corporate Counsel 100.
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In 2014, Bill Daly received the Lester Patrick Trophy, given to people who advance the sport of hockey in America.