MatthewsMoustache
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I remember years ago, a couple Attack players were suspended, when they were caught chewing tobacco.
that is so common that I am just finding out it’s not allowed
I remember years ago, a couple Attack players were suspended, when they were caught chewing tobacco.
I mentioned this in an earlier post, but isn’t this a result of giving 18-19 year olds massive signing bonuses on ELC’s and then sending them to junior where they have essentially no expenses? I’m sure the problem is much more than just NHL-signed players, but maybe a way to start rooting it out is not giving them absurd amounts of money until they are out of junior hockey.
It's not like these players have all that money readily accessible in their bank accounts. If they are getting signing bonuses they have agents and financial advisers that take care of that. The player wouldn't even see their paycheque.
I don't feel that cost has anything to do with drugs unless you are an addict. Most of us have this misconception that coke is some some sort of elitist drug for the rich. But cocaine is not that expensive on the street if you are just using it occasionally. Anyone with a part-time, minimum wage job can afford it.
This applies to most drugs, really. Even the lowest of incomes can afford cocaine, marijuana, meth, etc. Even here in Kitchener. Look in the hostels, look on our streets, look in our safe injection sites.
I know a former Otter player apparently did see those checks and just had them sitting in the back of his car over the summer one year lol. Also got pulled over a bunch and let off with warnings each time while allegedly impaired (something he told people I knew at the time lol) because they knew who he was.It's not like these players have all that money readily accessible in their bank accounts. If they are getting signing bonuses they have agents and financial advisers that take care of that. The player wouldn't even see their paycheque.
I know a former Otter player apparently did see those checks and just had them sitting in the back of his car over the summer one year lol. Also got pulled over a bunch and let off with warnings each time while allegedly impaired (something he told people I knew at the time lol) because they knew who he was.
No doubt, just passing on an anecdote.He would be in the minority.
Podcast featuring Eric Guest. It's well worth the listen, they talk about the OHL transition and go more in depth on the Eric's personal story.
Podcast featuring Eric Guest. It's well worth the listen, they talk about the OHL transition and go more in depth on the Eric's personal story.
Looks familiar. I think this video was previously posted. But if you missed it, well worth the look.
And we pay full freight in early July with no dates yet as to when it starts. Can't print tickets until you have a schedule. Just saying. And as for waiting for a vaccine, not likely. Apparently, the protest of thousands here resulted in one new case...one. We're months away yet. Standby.To sum it all up........You pay for what you see. We don't have any other answers until the powers that be get back to us.
I’m sorry I to grew up in the “era” of this gentleman and I can comment that the last thing any 16-20 year old male wanted to be associated with back then was another mans genitals? It was just not something done by normal young men period. At a lower level I was a rookie on a Junior Hockey team and the initiation was always threatened that shaving of one’s private area would occur. However in 4 years of Junior Hockey on 3 different teams IT NEVER HAPPENED, was only a scare tactic. No one in their right mind would want to hold onto and do this to another young man. I won’t use it but you would have been called every derogatory term in the book. Also what kind of a bus company would allow it’s bus to have semen, urine and saliva poured into a bathroom vent, come on?
Very telling about the experiences from one individual in the OHL vs the other individual in the WHL. I quite frankly could see the WHL account as possibly having occurred but no way, I call absolute BS on the OHL accusations which are basically all involving some sort of genital / seminal fluid abuse. Back then you wouldn’t even have admitted to how you collected the “sample” you would have been ridiculed by your peers.
Fire away tell me how I don’t know what I’m talking about, how I don’t understand peer pressure or mental health. Sorry I guess I just got off lucky during my formative years.
My, How quickly we forget what happened to some rookie football players at a private school in Toronto, only a short time ago.
there is a bit of a narrative that this happens only in hockey.