"Sports authority officials have had discussions with Vanderbeek in recent months about whether the state agency might take over management of the Prudential Center from AEG. But in a 60-minute presentation to The Record, Vanderbeek criticized the sports authority as "patronage heaven" for politicians and cited two letters from fans imploring him not to use agency employees.

'People [at the agency] have no fear they’ll ever lose their jobs,'Vanderbeek said, adding that his franchise’s complaints about specific employees working at Devils games frequently would fall on deaf ears."