Make hockey stop and make it stop now.
Cats: CBC Radio, Canada|Every morning this week the CBC radio broadcast has lead with hockey. Hockey this and hockey that. Hockey here, hockey there. Hockey up to the eyebrows.
People, hockey is over for the season. It’s summer now. Get out. Enjoy the fog and rain, if you’re in Nova Scotia. But you have to move on. There are other sports out there you can follow and even enjoy. Get over hockey just for a couple of months.
I’m not saying ban hockey coverage although that is tempting given the recent excesses.
I’m just saying get a grip. OK yes, lead with Sydney Crosby’s prizes. He is a sports superstar, not just a hockey superstar. He deserves top coverage in news and sports.
But you can place the rest of the hockey second or third or fourth on the sports roster and we will live. And for the record, more Canadian kids play soccer than hockey. And more of them definitely play soccer in summer.
So please, enough with the hockey.
June 29th, 2007 at 3:28 am
As Roy MacGregor wrote earlier this spring in the Globe:
“The result of not adjusting the start and length of the season has made hockey unique in the world of sport. It’s the only game known in which interest is on a downward spiral at the moment of the season’s climax.”
Although I do love watching the playoffs, I agree, enough already. Besides, it’s baseball season now! (go red sox go!)
June 29th, 2007 at 4:06 am
there will be no hockey in pickering!
June 29th, 2007 at 7:03 am
But GT you are asking a lot. It’s enough that people have to follow hockey closely enough to be able to interact socially (i.e. “Did you see the game last night?” or “What about them Canucks?”). What you are suggesting is that the majority of the population now has to bone up on soccer too (i.e. “Were you able to stay awake for that game last night?”).
I find that following the weather is enough of a burden (i.e.”It’s supposed to clear up by the end of the week”).
Sorry YAM, baseball has to be the biggest sleeper of all (i.e. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ).