I thought I would make it through the semester without posting on sports, hockey specifically, but sadly, recent events make that an impossibility.
Last night, uber-pest Sean Avery of the Dallas Stars, one of the game's most prolific instigators, was suspended indefinitely for comments he made regarding his former girlfriend, Elisha Cuthbert of "24" and "Girl Next Door" fame.
"I just want to comment on how it's become like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy seconds. I don't know what that's about. Enjoy the game tonight." -Sean Avery
The verbal jab was intended evidently for both Cuthbert as well as his prospective opponent at the time, widely feared Calgary Flames defenseman Dion Phaneuf.
Hockey is a game that struggles to get mainstream media attention. This gave a meaningless regular season game, one of 82 for each club, an extremely interesting storyline. Sadly, the commissioner was wrong to suspend the opinionated forward, and sent reprocussions that far outweighed the offense.
Not only that, but I was looking forward to seeing the two collide last night. After the suspension was handed down, I chose not to watch. It took all the fun out of the game for me. In a world where wide receivers are shooting themselves in the leg in crowded nightclubs and covering it up, what's wrong with a little war of words and a compelling storyline? The NHL botched this one, big time.
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Not sure you'd think this was appropriate if you were the one being called "sloppy seconds". +)
I'm not saying it wasn't inappropriate. Clearly, it was a boorish, scumbag comment to make.
However, I don't think the punishment levied fit the crime. Six games? Far too harsh. A fine? Absolutely? A game or two? I can see that.
Besides, it's a documented fact she has dated a number of pro hockey players. He does have a point, haha.
In a sport that penalizes two men a total of 10 minutes (5 each) for fist fighting in an arena of tens of thousands of fans, I don't think some off-color remarks about some guys girlfriend is a big deal.
Also, who wouldn't love Avery's sloppy seconds if they looked like Elisha Cuthbert? I think the real crime here is how she can star in a movie as a porn star and not once show some boob.
Terrible.
Unfortunately I think that this may have been a publicity stunt. The cliché, “all publicity is good publicity,” appears to play out here. Do you think that this player’s name would have circulated so much pre-game had it not been for his comment? (I don’t know too much about football, but I do know about public relations, and to me it looks as though this was done deliberately.)
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