Bunclewirth in Trouble [Reviewed]

[Will 4,660]

This is an exciting time for the VHL. The trade deadline is present, the All-Star game is coming up soon, and soon after that the rest of the season will be winding down to take us to playoffs. Amid all that competition, there is another kind of competition taking place - this time behind closed doors at VHL Headquarters in Toronto, Canada. It all stems from an internal controversy that's been going for a few weeks between VHL Simmer Jardy Bunclewirth and VHL Commissioner Donald F. Draper that started with Bunclewirth using league platforms to publish false allegations of gross sexual misconduct on the part of Draper. 

 

After the allegations were disproven by countless journalists and law enforcement officials, Bunclewirth did issue a retraction and apology. The damage was already done, however, as one of our sources inside HQ tells us there's a push being led by Draper himself to force Bunclewirth out of the organization. Declining to file any formal legal action against Bunclewirth for the false allegations, removing him from his long-held position may be the retaliation that Draper sees fit. 

 

 

It won't be any easy power struggle though, Bunclewirth has had a seat at the table for a long time and he's formed a multitude of allies over his career who surely will try to protect him. The Commissioner of course has allies of his own but it's not yet clear what the position of Commissioner Higgins is on the matter. Our source tells us that there are murmurings that Bunclewirth may attempt to put the issue to rest by offering a private 'settlement' offer to Draper, however those reports are unconfirmed at best. 

 

It's also not clear what kind of turmoil this has created/will create going forward in the league. If the league is suddenly left without a head simmer, we do not know who would be inline to take over or if that would create a delay in the season. The league has been hush about this and they aren't budging. We reached out to several league officials including Bunclewirth, Draper, Gow Senior, and Alfredsson. All declined to comment. Bunclewirth colorfully told us to go fuck ourseleves. 

 

 

All in all, this is a relatively embarrassing ordeal for the league that will hopefully be resolved sooner rather than later. Bunclewirth's motives for starting it remain speculative, but some have suggested he's been unhappy with being relegated to the Lite Blue Team. He's also known to have had issues with alcoholism in the past so it is possible that substance abuse played a role in his poor decision making. 

[stevo 793]

2 hours ago, Draper said:

Bunclewirth colorfully told us to go fuck ourseleves. 

Way too nicely put for Jardy.

[Mr. Hickey 128]

Review: Scandal at the VHL headquarters! Lol. Pretty funny article, but as a user stevo said, "way to nicely put for Jardy." I like this premise and I'm interested to see the conclusion to this. Good spelling and grammar, very good outline for the story. Nice job.