Alex Burrows vs Stephane Auger
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Wow did you see that call last night during the Canucks game. Now just to set the record straight. I am, and will always be an Edmonton Oiler fan. (Even though they are loosing so bad my daughters grade 1 class could probably give them a challenge) The reason I say that I'm an Oiler fan is to show I have no bias to the following comment. The interference call made by Stephane Auger last night was the worst call I've ever seen in professional sports. This is also coming from the guy who witnessed the Tim Donaghy fiasco during the Phoenix Sun's game in the NBA. ( I think I blogged about that too)
Anyway, I'm not much of a Canuck fan but that call last night almost makes me want to quick watching sports all together. When referees start changing the couse of a game because of their poor decisions what's the point in watching.( The Canucks lost by the way because of that call) Apparently this Auger guy had a thing against Burrows, and even told him before the game started that he was going to "get him back" during the game. Either that or he owes money to some Mafia boss guy and needed the Preds to win.
I guess this is the way professional sports is going. There is so much money involved either gambling or ownership that you just can't trust whether the sport being played is a pure example of athletics or somehow tainted. It makes you ask the question with the Olympics coming to Vancouver this year. Do athlete's get paid to "throw" a game, or perform at a lower level. One would think that professional athletes couldn't be bought because they make so much money, but they can. So what's stopping the poor, struggling, work 40 hours a week at Home Depot and still try to train athlete from excepting a little bribe money. We've seen issues with figure skating judges.
At the end of the day the question remains, are sporting events legit? Are we watching the best of the best compete to their fullest? Or, are we simply watching another version of the WWE?
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Kyle Hislop
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