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Has EA said anything about the Kane situation?
I know they have to be sweating bullets at the moment. They may or may not have a rapist on the cover of their video game coming out next month, and not a lot of time to make changes. Image of cover: https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/...g?w=1000&h=563 |
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my guess is that the decision has already been made on that issue, zepp
accused rapist and actual rapist are one and the same for marketing purposes |
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Saw on Twitter they are removing toews and adding Bill Cosby. |
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Clearly rape is inexcusable no matter what, that's not the point here. I was merely saying that, in general, these guys might need some life counseling on how to be adults in the pro sports world. Too many guys seem to handle it like children for YEARS. Again, not related to the rape case, just a post about their maturity in general. |
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There are numerous stories out there of NHL players who left home at 14 or 15 to play hockey and missed out on a lot. A few have said (Theo Fleury and Darren McCarty come immediately to mind as I read their bios recently) that a lot of what turned into huge alcohol and drug problems started at that time. There's very little supervision, and no focus on anything but hockey. No preparation for life beyond the game or non-hockey skill development. But at the same time, it's viewed as "the way to the NHL". You want to be an NHLer? You leave home as a teenager and go through juniors. We're starting to see a few more go the college route, but it's still not viewed as the optimal way to get to the bigs. I've mentioned our family friend who was a former minor league player. He left home at 14 to play hockey, was drafted by the Capitals, but only ended up playing a handful of games for them. He was able to string together a pretty nice minor league career that kept him employed until he was almost 40, but after he retired he had nothing to fall back on. A wife, three kids, and no life skills. He's good now - apprenticed as a plumber and now he's firmly established in that field - but it highlights just how little life training these players get. You do get those veteran NHLers who take rookies into their home to try and help them adjust, but that's on a volunteer basis and there's no structure to it. It's something I think the NHL and NHLPA is really behind the 8-ball on and would do well to perhaps begin to address. Again, I'm not saying any of this would be the cause of Kane perhaps raping someone. I'm just adding on to the broader topic that Chris brought up (and actually, it's nice to talk about something a little different for a few posts). |
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you act like its ONLY hockey players of the last decade who have had to deal with leaving home at a young age or having lots of attention at a young age there are 8th graders making verbal commitments to Alabama football there are high schoolers that move from New York or Chicago and go to Cali or Florida so they can play baseball 12 months a year plenty of examples...if you have good parents and common sense you should be fine |
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And Chris, your new av brought a tear to my eye.
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But yes, that was the point. Talk about a broader topic issue than just focus on Kane. Matty nailed it. So many guys end up leaving home at an incredibly early age to try and become a NHL player. Kids are deciding at 13-14 to leave their parent's homes and pursue that dream. Could you imagine? At 13 years old I was barely able to decide what jersey to wear to school, let alone live in a dorm and balance schoolwork and hockey. Would you do your schoolwork at 13-14 and no parental supervision? Knowing hockey is all you wanted? Growing up takes a back seat. Learning takes a back seat. It's all hockey, all the time. Look at Seguin and how he acted. Can you really blame him in Boston? None of us know what that life is like, none of us know how growing up like that is. It's just a different world. The NHL, and all pro sports, but especially the NHL, need to address this. I mean, inmates in prison have the option of learning to obtain GEDs and college diplomas while they serve their time, why doesn't the NHL have some sort of educational system where there can be structure outside practice and games? Maybe it would be good for some of these guys to be able to earn a degree while they skate. Again, just stream of consciousness. Not saying Kane shouldn't be tried as an adult in a rape case or anything idiotic like that, just a separate semi-related thought when Kane's maturity was brought up. |
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And how can you know that last sentence? That's a ridiculously huge assumption to make for someone that has absolutely no idea what that life is like. |
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It should be common practice. These guys have hockey practice, games, and workouts...and that's it! There's no structure outside those things. Their free time is just that. Free time. When you're 21/22, have millions of dollars, and have had no formal upbringing...it's not a shock that some of these assumed adults act like children. |
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Lets say he has the mentality of a 14 year old. I knew at 14 that rape was bad. |
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I'm not saying the league needs to become pseudo-parents. But if they're investing in these kids, I think they should also help prepare them for life. If not the teams, then the respective Players Associations for the various leagues. Just give them structure, something to work towards. The guys are used to structure in hockey and respond well to it... everything during hockey season is dictated by a structured schedule. So I think many would respond well to other learning opportunities if they were just pointed in the right direction. These are driven, motivated, smart kids - they wouldn't be getting to the NHL if they weren't. Just give them something to focus on. I know the NFL does a lot of money-managing seminars now at rookie camps and that's a pretty new development. I don't follow the NFL enough to know if it's effective, but it's something the NHL/NHLPA could use as an idea starter. |
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But yes to you elaborating on the point of vets taking in rookies. You always hear about how AWESOME it is for the rookies. MacKinnon, Crosby, etc all talk glowingly of their time living with vets and how important it was to their adjustment and just seeing how normal adults act away from the rink. Quote:
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Lockman has a great point with the maturity thing. But that being said, a lack of maturity does not make you a rapist.
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Why not Keith and Seabrook? Especially since 19 and 88 were already on covers within the last 5-6 years individually. |
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Well that was their nice way of saying that Kane and Toews are household names as teammates. Maybe make it Keith and Toews now.
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(Yes, that is what I took away from the previous page of very long posts by many regulars in here) |
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