>
>Unfortunately, TSN's yearbook also has a feature (FEATURE) article on GOONS.
>Not only do they do things like rating the pro goons in different categories,
>but they stoop so low as to give hints to young players, in a separate but
>related article, on how to become a goon!  Let me quote the first paragraph
>from that: "Do you have an aspiring goon playing midget hockey?  Here are
>a few tips - some of which are even acceptable in today's society - on the
>martial arts, compiled from current and future pros..."
>
>It's attitudes like this that threaten to send hockey back to the dark
>ages.  Don't they realize many of the readers of the yearbook are going to
>be kids?  Everyone knows the game is physical and sometimes even in college
>where there is supposedly no fighting, altercations do occur - but why
>glorify it?
>
>Too bad they have to try to cater to fans of this trash and not real fans,
>as if they needed this to sell magazines.  Still, their college section
>is much better than expected.
>
 
I'm a bit surprise about this, because Larry Wigge, the hockey editor of
the Sporting News, has been taking a stand against fighting in the NHL in
recent months.  Because of that, I didn't think he would allow something
like this to be published.
 
 
 
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Willie Hsiung
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 Case Western Reserve University