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“Class” Is In Session
by Paul on 03/22/07 at 01:27 PM ET
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from Terry Frei at ESPN,
In the NHL, it isn’t only about records and record-breaking moments.
It is about the ineffable concept of “class,” a term that always triggers a few e-mail responses from English literature majors who point out that it is a vanilla and misused term. And I always tell them I prefer that they move on to combat the misuse of “hopefully,” “irregardless,” “110 percent,” or “could care less.”
Because don’t we know what “class” is?
It certainly isn’t ignoring a milestone because the player is wearing the “wrong” sweater.
It also involves what often seems to be NHL franchises’ reluctance to mandate and embrace the concept that the game, the sport and the league itself all should be “sold” to a generally savvy fan base that cares about more than the guys on the home-team roster.
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Stunning - I actually agree with Terry Frei on something. As is the case all too often, it’s another example of the NHL behaving like 30 little feudal states rather than an integrated league.
Posted by The Forechecker from Tennessee on 03/22/07 at 01:22 PM ET