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The Rat
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 Posted - 06/29/2010 : 14:11:11
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If your sons are cut from a hockey team because they're not good enough, then they've suffered "psychological damages and had their self esteem ruined", which, as we all know, demands a lawsuit and monetary compensation. Can't we have a law which allows a judge to take the parents into his chambers and just slap them around for about half an hour? Read it here
I agree with one local commentator who said that this probably isn't about the kids at all, it's about parent's who live through their kids and want them to get a big fat NHL contract. The boys themselves have probably accepted it.
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 06/29/2010 : 16:15:07 [Permalink]
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| May I suggest that the parents enrol their kids in a non-competetive sport instead? |
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 06/29/2010 : 16:37:56 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Hawks
May I suggest that the parents enrol their kids in a non-competetive sport instead?
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I doubt that they would understand such things. Probably yuppies who have been conditioned to go for blood in the boardroom and everywhere else. Anything non-competitive would be seen as a weakness. |
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You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church? - The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Blackadder II
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2010 : 16:42:46 [Permalink]
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Why not just set it up like Little League is here? Not all the kids make the majors. But there are lots of minor league teams. If a kid becomes advanced enough, he or she can advance to the majors. Just like in professional baseball, where there is A to triple A to the Majors.
In any case, yeah, the parents are idiots. |
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Dave W.
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 06/29/2010 : 18:22:35 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Kil, the lawsuits would be over which kids make the major league teams.
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Perhaps. I suppose that some parents are that crazy.
But my point is that in little league no one gets cut. And if they can prove that they are up to playing at a higher level, they can move up. They don't have to sit out the season.
Having been a little league coach, I know how competitive the parents can be. Some of them are really nuts. But I have never heard of this kind of law suit against little league baseball. But you're right. Maybe these parents are special... |
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
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Posted - 06/29/2010 : 20:22:18 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
Originally posted by Dave W.
Kil, the lawsuits would be over which kids make the major league teams.
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Perhaps. I suppose that some parents are that crazy.
But my point is that in little league no one gets cut. And if they can prove that they are up to playing at a higher level, they can move up. They don't have to sit out the season.
Having been a little league coach, I know how competitive the parents can be. Some of them are really nuts. But I have never heard of this kind of law suit against little league baseball. But you're right. Maybe these parents are special...
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2010 : 20:41:38 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
Maybe these parents are special... |
Well, the article says that nobody has ever sued over being cut before, so yeah, these parents definitely think they're special. |
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Robb
SFN Regular
USA
1223 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2010 : 05:53:52 [Permalink]
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| I think self esteem comes from accomplishing something not just being given things. The sad part is that the kid would learn a lot about life and character if the parents were to use the situation for a life lesson. Our culture has an unhealthy relationship with sports anyway. |
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Ebone4rock
SFN Regular
USA
894 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2010 : 06:31:37 [Permalink]
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I think that the defense should make a case out of the parents doing more harm to their kid's psyches than any hockey team could ever do.
Why do parents want their kids to turn into little pussies? Is being a pussy somehow psychologically preferable to being mature? Would a good ass kicking toughen up these parents? |
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moakley
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 06/30/2010 : 07:32:06 [Permalink]
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| May be that the final solution will be to just disband the "Greater Toronto Hockey League" altogether. Why put up with the nonsense of a Vito or a David. Or will they just have to increase league fees to deal with the expensive nonsense of a Vito or a David. |
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