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Dear NHL:
by Paul on 08/01/07 at 07:37 AM ET
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from the Star-Telegram,
This is an open letter to the NHL and its powers that be, who keep telling us—because they certainly aren’t showing us—that they want their sport to be relevant and popular again.
Well, NHL, hear this: You want a calling card, you’ve got it. You’re clean. You’re scandal-free. You’re like that goody-goody student who sits quietly at his desk while the others are shooting spit wads at each other. And those spit wad-shooting scamps, the ones who have been taking your thunder and television ratings for years, are mired in PR disasters that could put a damper on their sports.
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This is bad publicity for Mike Vick, that’s for sure. Amazing how quickly his sponsors have jumped ship, his lawyers are going to cost a bundle, and if he serves a few years in the pokey (with the help of the co-defendant who pled guilty) his career as a football player is pretty much over. He will be out of circulation for too many years, and who knows how many young talented quarterbacks will come along in the years he is in prison?
To some extent you are right, but people like the kind of trouble their athletes get into to be affairs, or maybe illegitamate children, a messy divorce, altercation at a strip club, or excessive drinking. Even domestic violence is sometimes looked at sympathetically. Don’t mess with brutality toward dogs, though. Too many people are animal lovers to forget that. I think there is probably enough more benign trouble to attract attention to the NHL players without resorting to major criminal activity.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 08/01/07 at 10:12 AM ET
Actually, one of the things I like best about the NHL is that it’s “squeaky clean.” But I do admit I’m probably in the minority…Americans like their celebrity gossip.
Posted by K24 from NYC on 08/01/07 at 11:39 AM ET
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Nice thought, but people want that little bit of controversy. It gives them something to talk about on Sportscenter and argue with the bartender about on dull nights.
People may now think that Vick is a slimeball, but everyone wants to watch how the Falcons react this year.
There’s no such thing as bad publicity, right?
Posted by Ben from Buffalo, NY on 08/01/07 at 08:29 AM ET