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by Alanah McGinley on 06/05/08 at 01:06 PM ET
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Photographer David Guralnick of the Detroit News treated himself to a drink from the Stanley Cup last night and posted this photo on their website. Captioning the original image, Guralnick remarked:
Back during the 2002 Cup celebration, I passed on an opportunity to drink from the Stanley Cup. I always regretted it. So when the Cup came my way in the locker room Wednesday night, I wasn’t going to pass it up again.
But from Puck Daddy, a problem:
His industry peers on SportsJournalists.com are debating the ethics of his actions, with the initial post calling it “particularly fan-boy homerish.”
C’mon ... it’s the Stanley Cup. People love the Stanley Cup. [...] The key phrase in Guralnick’s caption: ” ... when the Cup came my way in the locker room.” In other words, he wasn’t asking for it. Something glorious gets passed your way, you don’t turn it down.
I’d have to agree. If those are indeed Mr. Guralnick’s “industry peers”, they need to get over it. The world of ethical journalism is not rocked to its core because some photographer had a sip from the Stanley Cup when the team was good enough to offer it.
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Some reporters are awfully full of themselves.
Don’t they have any REAL significant “ethical issues” to debate?
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/05/08 at 01:49 PM ET
Good on him. Closer than I will ever come to touching the cup, let alone drink from it. If the team likes you that much, so be it!
Posted by 41 Long Ones from Edmonton on 06/05/08 at 01:52 PM ET
If you ever get a chance to drink from and lift the cup, you take it IMO, no matter who you are.
I was lucky enough to do just that in the 80s with all the Edmonton Oilers.
Posted by PuckHound61 from Speckville USA on 06/05/08 at 02:14 PM ET
A lot of those “journalists” on that forum don’t know WTF they’re talking about. Maybe one of them will grow up to become the next Stan Fischler some day.
Posted by shep from california on 06/05/08 at 02:18 PM ET
Good for him. Champagne from the Stanley Cup is a rare experience that very few will ever have the chance to participate in.
Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from putting the b*tches in the box on 06/05/08 at 03:31 PM ET
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Gimme a break. The guy is a hockey writer and obviously a fan of the sport. As long as he wasn’t wearing a “Zetterberg for President” t-shirt, I’m cool with it.
Posted by John from Pittsburgh, PA (Wings fan for life!) on 06/05/08 at 01:14 PM ET