We know. He is a dickhead. His “whiskey” is shit, his “wine” tastes like his “whiskey” (also shit) and he is shit.
Do some people still doubt this?
He was at the inauguration, we know.
Gretzky has always been that way. I’m not sure why anyone respects him anymore.
We know.
People in Edmonton have been literally shitting on his statue. We know about the traitor.
He was Canadian when he was Great… now he is garbage and became MAGA
You’re like 2 years late
Jarome Iginla was always my hero.
Why does it matter? He chose america willingly and they welcomed him a long time ago. They say never meet your heroes but the internet makes that almost impossible.
One of my best friends is from Brantford, huge hockey nut and a big Gretzky fan and man this must sting her so bad and it’s understandable. Gotta be so frustrating.
As one of the “Lemieux is the GOAT” crowd… LOL
I’m not from Brantford, but I’m from SOnt, and he was a god to a kid in the 80s. I remember fighting every ounce of my energy trying to stay up to watch the late night games as a little tiny kid. I remember saying as a 3 or 4 year old that I’m going to Edmonton when I grow up, I’m going to work and watch Wayne Gretzky (and it’s funny how that almost actually played out, but I got the wrong city). It breaks my fucking heart. You broke our hearts Wayne. Never meet your heroes they say, and it’s a funny saying because most of my heroes have actually turned out to be pretty stand up in person too. All but one.
Brantford is the most MAGA place in Canada outside of Alberta. Worst drunk driving and domestic violence rates in Southern Ontario.
Lemieux still isn’t the goat. Gretzky sucks hot ass, fuck the guy thoroughly and completely. But you can’t take his stats away. There’s plenty of athletes who have done impressive feats of athleticism and are still total pieces of shit.
Ya, we already knew about the traitor.
Seriously this is really old news.
Elbows up, our defense doesn’t care whether he’s a star player or not.
The not so great one
The Great Once
I have a groundbreaking theory about prolonged playing of contact sports, traumatic brain injury, and far right politics… You generally don’t hear these headlines about tennis/soccer players, or nearly as often about basketball/baseball players.
As someone who enjoys American football and hockey, it’s a damn shame that we still paint athletes as role models.
I know it’s funny to insinuate that brain damage caused people to become conservatives, but I think we should accept that the culture around aggressive, full-contact sports tends to be conservative to start with. Surround yourself with that culture day-in, day-out, and before long you find yourself ingrained in more than just their favorite sports.
But I mean, that doesn’t mean it’s not the brain damage. A thing can be more than one thing.
Just look at Fetterman. Had a stroke, and he’s now conservative.
That’s true, it’s a combination of factors. A big part is the insular nature of the team and coaching as you go higher up the ladder. If you’re not thanking God in your post-win interview you’re a “locker room problem”; if you want a coaching job after you retire you’ve gotta be on good terms with the good ol’ boys network.
I do think that the brain damage does compound heavily though. I know Mormons who get out and become well adjusted people later in life; the semi-pro football players I know get more irrational and violent as the CTE sets in.
Football (soccer as you call it) is so underrated in this respect it’s not even funny, heading the ball is extremely dangerous for the brain in the long term. Not to mention head clashes in challenges etc. Granted, most injuries are in the lower limbs but still.
Footballers have a much high chance of developing and dying from ALS.
Basketball as well. Elbows inside are real and thumping opponents is normal.
As opposed to victims of the never ending human thirst for blood sports
Americans don’t know that Canada already knows
