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SIDNEY CROSBY AIMING TO MAKE CONCUSSIONS COOL AGAIN
September 18 2011
Montreal, Canada – All sports can be rough and dangerous. Hockey is one that is intrinsically that, where roughness and danger are built into the game itself. There is no way to separate violence from the game of hockey, not entirely, and anyone who plays has to be aware of that fact.
Hockey, too, is a business and as is the case with any business it doesn’t do very well when its star product is sitting on the bench. That, along with genuine health concerns, is why the NHL has made such an effort in recent years to crack down on headshots, which frequently cause concussions and sideline star players. It’s bad for business and it’s bad for the players and the NHL has made every effort to try to reduce those incidents.
While those efforts have had an effect, the system is far from perfect. There is no better evidence of that than Sidney Crosby sitting in the press box. Arguably the biggest star in the league, Crosby is still suffering from the lasting effects of multiple concussions, effects which will keep him from the ice for the foreseeable future. Crosby, though, isn’t lamenting his lot in life but rather using the opportunity to talk up concussions and head shots and make them cool once again.
“As a league, as a union, I think we've all educated ourselves a lot in the last six or seven months. I think it can go further,” Crosby said a news conference ahead of a golf tournament. Crosby has been out since January.
Other players agree with Crosby, hoping that his talking out on the subject will make concussions a bigger part of the game and the discussion off the ice.
“You have to be aware of everyone's agenda, everyone has a personal agenda and reasons why they want or don't want certain things, but these conversations are going on in the room now, where it used to be taboo,” said Montreal Canadiens player Mike Cammalleri. “I think it's very good of Sid to be able to do that. He's under a big microscope, the biggest in our game, and I commend him for doing that. I think that it's important that we don't be ignorant to what's going on in our game.”
Cammalleri himself has not been sidelined by concussion, yet.
“Head shots have put a lot of players on the sidelines and damaged the careers of a number of players, the biggest of which may be Eric Lindros. That has undoubtedly put a stain on the whole practice and created a tough environment for the practice, one that hopefully people like Crosby can help to overcome,” said Scrape TV Sports analyst Mark Marvins. “No one benefits from having people like Crosby on the sidelines, well I mean opposing teams do but in the big picture it hurts the game. However, you can’t go around changing the nature of the game simply because certain players decide to keep their head down. I mean if you did that eventually you would lead to not having goalies when a star player has the puck. It’s a slippery slope and no one wants to go down that road. I’m glad that despite his own injuries Crosby is still dedicated to the legacy and traditions of the game and is more than willing to take a head shot or two himself.”
Crosby will be out, playing golf, for the foreseeable future.
Alexi Orton, Sports Correspondent
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