Are You Kidding Me?

What a joke

Today the NHL suspended Sean Avery, a member of the Dallas Stars, 6 games and ordered him to counseling after his comments regarding his former girlfriend, Elisa Cuthbert.

When asked about playing in Calgary, Avery said "it seems to be a common thing now, NHL players falling in love with my sloppy seconds". He was revering to the fact that a player on the Calgary team was currently dating Cuthbert. She has also been romantically linked to other players in the NHL.

While it is disrepectiful for him to say that, it by no means warrents a suspension. It wasn't racist or sexist. If anything, it is more of an insult to the player dating Cuthbert, not her.

The NHL said that something had to be done, and that his prior actions were taken into consideration. But he has never been suspended before, even though he did lead the NHL in penalty minutes the last two seasons. But if the NHL felt he was such a dirty player, then why has he never suspended before? I wonder if this was his only offense, if he would have been delt the same punishment?

Or a better question would be, what would happen if a girl said that about a boy? Like what if Mia Hamm and Nomad Garciaparra got divorced, and he started to date another soccer play? Had she said the same thing, I wonder how the public would take it. I have a feeling that the guy would been seen in a bad light, labeled as a player.

This whole situation is out of hand. ESPN in an article actually sensored it out of an article. Sloppy seconds? Is that really that bad of a term?

I don't think so, but I do think this whole thing is out of hand, and the NHL is just trying to show some muscle and get in the headlines.


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