Sunday, January 17, 2016
Players are property
?This is the story of NHL player John Scott.
Here's the summary: John Scott is a replacement-level player, who was voted in by the fans as captain of one of the all-star teams because fans love to take over a broken process (see: MLB/Royals last year). Because the NHL allowed ANYONE to be voted on to be captain (instead of being smart and having each of the 30 teams nominate one player to be captain, or, you know, nominate their ACTUAL captains), the fans took over.
The NHL, instead of being proactive and anticipating the problem, instead became reactive and went into full cold war mode: according to the above article, the NHL, Coyotes (Scott's original team) and Canadiens (Scott's new team) conspired to get Scott traded to a team that would have zero use for him, forcing him to stay in the minor leagues, and be ineligible for the ASG.
John Scott is a human being apparently:
Family uprooted, experiences and contractual benefits sacrificed days before Scott's wife gives birth just to ... what? Ensure the sanctity of the All-Star Game? Get higher-profile players in? Keep the league from being embarrassed?
Sure, he chose the life of NHL goon, itself treated as a necessary evil by the NHL. And the NHL union seems quiet about all this because, well, hey, it's just John Scott. But it's NHL player John Scott, and whatever happens to the worst can also happen to the best. And it's person John Scott who was thrown into a situation he didn't step in, and tried at the beginning to stop, and ended up doing his best to accept.
It's John Scott, temporary property wearing your laundry (Seinfeld youtube). That's how John Scott is being treated. Let's at least be honest about it.
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