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<blockquote data-quote="Roundball Sage" data-source="post: 1670001" data-attributes="member: 748116"><p>To your first point: We must now ask, how many OTHERS have been suffering in silence as well? Years and years to account for due to the sordid behavior of a predator (and others like him. There have been similar incidents in hockey history).</p><p></p><p>To your second point: We must be aware that MOST things never come to light. Most things stay successfully hidden. In the sports world and all others. How many others in hockey and other sports have been allowed to celebrate victory while victims suffered in silence?</p><p></p><p>To your third point: JOE PATERNO. And other “beloved” successful coaches who got caught (and the many that didn't).</p><p></p><p>I have great respect for Blackhawk fans who have had to put up with decades of nonsense from a franchise that uses the passion of the fans as a shield for treating them badly. And as I pointed out earlier, this is a generational pattern.</p><p></p><p>You love your team, but you hate what they have done and you wonder if things will really ever change. And instead of sports being a refuge of fun, it becomes complicated and upsetting just like everything else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roundball Sage, post: 1670001, member: 748116"] To your first point: We must now ask, how many OTHERS have been suffering in silence as well? Years and years to account for due to the sordid behavior of a predator (and others like him. There have been similar incidents in hockey history). To your second point: We must be aware that MOST things never come to light. Most things stay successfully hidden. In the sports world and all others. How many others in hockey and other sports have been allowed to celebrate victory while victims suffered in silence? To your third point: JOE PATERNO. And other “beloved” successful coaches who got caught (and the many that didn't). I have great respect for Blackhawk fans who have had to put up with decades of nonsense from a franchise that uses the passion of the fans as a shield for treating them badly. And as I pointed out earlier, this is a generational pattern. You love your team, but you hate what they have done and you wonder if things will really ever change. And instead of sports being a refuge of fun, it becomes complicated and upsetting just like everything else. [/QUOTE]
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