Darren Paterson, Sports Editor

et’s get right into it, shall we? I
was going to try to make my edi-
tor happy. by rac
coming up wifhsome othing-Day-
themed augicle, butisoni€ore let their dog
p pissed. And you

g@ my brain and

  
     
   

crap on my lawn an

would be too. nd so would a
Saskatchetvan Rougliriders’ kicker. Except
nobody’s' dog# crapped on Paul

McCallum’s*taq, (of the missed 18-yarder
in OT versus the Lions), so Riders’ fans

next best thing and
manure then.
Of course these jackasses wWeRecauifteous
enough to do it right after the game when

thought they'd do t
dump a truck full

McCallum’s wife was at home without
him. And they also waited until after
some other idiots egged the house. Then,
as McCallum’s wife cleaned the manure
off their lawn, everyone thought they'd
drive by and threaten her and her hus-
band. Really cool guys, way to lose
respectfully...

I just can’t believe that anyone could
be callous enough to perform such an
act. Of course, I can understand how the
fans would be upset, but things went way
too far, way too fast. It’s just disgusting to
me that anyone could treat another per-
son like that under any circumstances, let
alone a trivial situation like a football
game. Which is what leads me to the
major point of today’s rambling: fans are
just far too emotionally involved with

sports. And I undessta: at involve-

ment. I, too, drove the eets like a
madman, while wavin jant flag, after
team Canada won at the nd I,

 
   
 

too, felt like crying whe
the Ca
seemed like moments after Naslund had

‘Calgary

Flames defeated cks, what
heroically tied the game. But what I didn’t

do was threaten the life of Martin
Gelinas’ wife.

It’s just deplorable how some people
react to disappointment. Like the massive
riots that occur as a result of soccer
matches, or the Canucks riots in 794.
These types of situations are ridiculous

and should never occur. Sports fans have

to rein it in a bit and take a moment to
realize where a missed field goal really fits
into the grand scheme of things. Because,
in the end, treating another human being
the way that those Roughrider fans did is
a terrible thing to do, and it will have a

much greater impact than a single missed
kick. And that they couldn’t see that rep-
resents, to me, the down side of sports.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
   
 
  
  
 
   
  
  
  
 
   
   
  
  

Oh, but before I go, I would like to
make a post note that the McCallum fam-
ily has received an outpouring of support
from the community since that Sunday’s
affairs, and that the police have made sev-
eral arrests as well.

 

   

DOUGLAS SCOREBOARD

  

 

EVEN#

 

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Nov 26
* Women’s Volleyball
vs. Okanagan Lakers @
6:30pm

* Men’s Volleyball
vs. Okanagan Lakers @
8:15pm
Women’s Basketball
6:00pm @ Okanagan Lakers
(Kelowna)
Men’s Basketball
8:00pm @ Okanagan Lakers
(Kelowna)

Nov 27

vs. UBC Thunderbirds @
11:30am (Queen’s Park)

 

* Women’s Rugby (Premier)

* Women’s Volleyball
vs. COTR Avalanche @ 1pm
(New West)

* Men’s Volleyball
vs. COTR Avalanche @ 3pm
(New West)
Women’s Basketball
6:00pm @ Fraser Valley
vs. Cascades (Abbotsford)
Men’s Basketball
8:00pm @ Fraser Valley
vs. Cascades (Abbotsford)

Nov 28
* Women’s Rugby (2nd
Division)
vs. UBC Thunderbirds @ 2pm
(Queen’s Park)

* Denotes home games

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