Kevin L Ames wrote: > > >I don't think anyone who got to see the press conference Travis held today > >either in its entirety or in pieces could not have been moved by it. > > Everyday in this country someone is paralyzed. It is sad to see that just > because one of them happens do be an athlete, a college one at that, that he > recieves national recognition and thus more donor money. The story is > sad... but it is now a human issue rather than a hockey issue. There are > many many handicapped people who need monitary assistance as much as Travis > Roy, but do to his athlete nature and the national attention he is being > exposed to his pockets will be jingling. To add to what has been said (in response to Kevin). X number of people suffer traumatic spinal cord injuries. I don' have enough spare change to donate money to all X - only 1. So I shouldn't donate to that one because it's not fair to the other X-1? If I so choose - shouldn't I be able to help 1 person without feeling guilt because I didn't help everyone? I earn my money - I distribute it as I see fit. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Kahn "I swear by my life and my love of it, that I Xyplex Inc. will never live for the sake of another man, Littleton, MA nor ask another man to live for mine." e-mail: [log in to unmask] -John Galt et al ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.