From
where I sit it looks like it's going to be another busy week for
Brendan Shanahan...
After
giving Shawn Tornton a well deserved 15 games off for his idiotic
attack, there's at least 2 more heading for review. And both need to
be long suspensions. Clearly the message isn't getting received. Or
the punishment isn't severe enough. It shouldn't matter if the
player is a first time offender. It shouldn't matter if it wasn't
intentional. If a player is going into the boards in a dangerous
position, the guy who made the hit should be gone for 5 games. If
there's an injury; 7-10 games. A hit to the head should be 5 games.
More with an accompanying injury. Stop worrying about fights. Those
are at least willing combatants. Fans enjoy fights. Nobody likes
watching a player get carried off because some jackass ran him into a
wall or elbowed him in the head or tried to hammer his head through
the ice.
Speaking
of jackasses...meet the U-17 soccer team from Brazil...
I
understand losing sucks. I'm from Vancouver, I live in Edmonton. My
teams lose on a very regular basis. And, as a fan of the beautiful
game, I'm well aware teams from Brazil have very little experience
with defeat. But honestly, I would hope they could show some
sportsmanship. Or at least have their coach giving them hell for
quitting. Sure, they were down to 9 men. Yes, they were mad at the
ref. But, that doesn't preclude the fact that they were there
representing their country. The players were trying to make a
point...and they did...they are a bunch of whiney, spoiled brats who
can't accept the fact they lost.
At
least that's how I see it...and I sit in the cheap seats.
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