So Hockey East admits a racial slur was hurled by a BC player but couldn't determine who said it, so therefore nothing will be done, is pretty pathetic. I would expect BC to figure it out and take action. Sorry, but BC can do better. There is no place for that in Hockey East or at a Jesuit school. Rationalizing away is just as bad. https://www.collegehockeynews.com/ne...onds-to.php://
Hockey East admitted inappropriate comments between players, didn't specifically say racial slur. If you have a problem with that wording take it up with the league.
Not sure who you are accusing of rationalizing this away, certainly wasn't me. I said earlier that uttering a racial slur to someone wouldn't even cross my mind even in the heat of battle. It's wrong and obviously a punishment is appropriate for someone who does that. But I am not going to feign outrage and demand the season be cancelled or demand the player's head on a stick.
Hockey East admitted inappropriate comments between players, didn't specifically say racial slur. If you have a problem with that wording take it up with the league.
Not sure who you are accusing of rationalizing this away, certainly wasn't me. I said earlier that uttering a racial slur to someone wouldn't even cross my mind even in the heat of battle. It's wrong and obviously a punishment is appropriate for someone who does that. But I am not going to feign outrage and demand the season be cancelled or demand the player's head on a stick.
Yes, but to whom? More details are needed for us as we don't know what the League knows or doesn't know. Inappropriate comment? Racial slur? Who heard it? Ref, Linesman, Penalty Box Attendant, etc? What was the situation that it happened in - net front scrum, In front of the benches during a line change? The game was streamed so I assume the League has tried to review the tape and find the specific moment that it happened, to try and narrow the possibilities of who the offender is? Or did it happen in a moment when it was just too hectic for the official to pinpoint the player? Maybe things will become clearer on Thursday or Friday?
Yeah, but in all fairness, that's a slippery slope, isn't it? It's bad enough society polices every word we say...now we're going to start calling penalties in a hockey game? Where does it end? If you call someone a "WOP," is that OK because he's not non-White? (and spare me the lectures about being PC - and I don't mean Providence College) I doubt it. We've all been called plenty of things. It's part of the tribal nature of the human species. It starts to get pretty subjective when you are going to call penalties because of what someone said (especially if "only" the ref heard it).
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Boston College's response here is .... disappointing ... and that's the most polite way I can say it at this time. ... Maybe I'll say more. Pfft.
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I absolutely do not blame Hockey East here. It's hard to prove who said something with no audio on the game tape. ... This is on BC and the people who know what happened.
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BC says "what may or may not have been said" while HE clearly acknowledges something was said. BC's statement reads like they're not willing to say something was even said on the ice. HE's clearly says something was said, but they can't pinpoint who said it.
One more thing I would add is it would be great to hear from Jerry York directly about this. But considering the AD was involved, who knows what took place in those conversations. Perhaps reporters can make an attempt to get a statement from him. For those reporters who seem to care so much, you at least have a chance to ask him after the game Friday. I doubt anyone will. Instead they will just scream about it on Twitter. Now that's being productive!
It's an unfortunate situation and incredibly stupid, hurtful thing to do (without knowing exactly what was said) but unless I hear from Nate Leaman, PC, the victim that this was not handled correctly I am not going to fly off the handle like so many Twitter warriors out there. You would think that if this was handled as poorly as these warriors want you to believe that Leaman and PC would jump in to defend their player.
A PC assistant coach already tweeted yesterday about how "everybody know what happened" and that something should have been done. Just because you're not looking doesn't mean it isn't there.
EDIT: Oh, I just noticed that you not only saw the tweet in question yesterday, you replied to it questioning it. So now you're also a boldfaced liar. Noted.
Just because it's deleted doesn't mean it didn't happen. This is the internet, nothing goes away. Would you like a picture of you questioning the exact thing you just said you would accept?
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