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Top players should not
have Jackass’ injuries

» Prospect Connor McDavid's injury proves that some players shouldn't fight

Elliot Chan
Opinions Editor
NM opinions

ea @theotherpress.ca

 

motions run high ina

game of hockey, but when
a valuable player goes down
for an asinine play such asa

meaningless fight, the team pays

the price.

In the wake of Erie Otters’
star player, Connor McDavid’s
hand injury—received in a fight
against Bryson Cianfrone of the
Mississauga Steelheads—the
hockey community is once
against putting the topic of
fighting on the discussion table.
The debate is not whether
fighting is good or bad for the
sport, but why do star players
continue to risk injuries
fighting? In McDavid’s defence,
he is 17 years old and probably
felt invincible. How could he
not? He is touted as the most

promising prospect since Sidney :
: out with a freak leg injury after
: crashing into the opposition’s

: net, and this year Taylor Hall

Crosby.
No doubt missing five to
six weeks out of such a defining

: year in his career will leave him

: regretting his decision, perhaps

: leading him to think twice

: before dropping his gloves again.

It seems as though every

: year a top player gets injured.

Last year, Steven Stamkos went

 

: is missing games due toa

: similar incident. John Tavares

: missed a portion of last season
: as well after a hit during the

: Sochi Olympics. And this year
: we already saw the absence of

: top forwards, including Zach

: Parise, Mike Cammalleri, T.J.

: Oshie, and Radim Vrbata.

: Injuries happen all the time

: and rarely does skill level

: factor in. Many would say
: that injuries in hockey are
: unavoidable.

Nevertheless, fights are

: always avoidable, especially if
: it involves an elite player like

: McDavid. The cause of the

: fight was because Cianfrone :
: had allegedly slashed McDavid :
: numerous times during the

: game, and out of frustration,

: the top prospect took matters

: into his own hands—thus

: injuring it. Hockey teams need
: to protect their star players. It

: doesn’t matter which league

: they’re in. If they want to win,

: they’ll need their best players.

Remember the overall

: effect of losing Crosby to a

: concussion? Fans want to see
: the grittiness of the game,

: but they also want to see the

: skills of the elite players. And
: any player that suffered an

: initial injury would tell you

: that the game never feels the
: same afterward; there is an

: instinctual need to be careful
: and stay safe.

For McDavid to injure

: himself in junior may not

: impact his draft standing, but
: ina sport where high impact is
: part of the game, he probably

: doesn’t want the label of

: damaged goods before his is

: selected either.

There will always be a target

: on the backs of the best players,
: and it’s up to the rest of the

: team to protect their top assets.
: There was a reason why Wayne
: Gretzky avoided fisticuffs at all
: cost. He didn’t need to fight;

: he had a big guy like Marty

: McSorley to protect him. The

: reason why there is still a place
: for enforcers in the game is

: because top players shouldn't

: get injured fighting. As long

: as fighting remains, which in

: my opinion it should, then

: enforcers need to defend their

: goal scorers.

Sure, it was McDavid’s fault

: for getting into the fight and

: hurting himself, but the player
: who should feel the worst is

: the guy on the team assigned to
: protect him.

 

The stigma of working a ‘McJob’

» Shaming the ‘lesser’ industries

 
  

Cazzy Lewchuk
Staff Writer

Wwe Douglas Coupland
popularized the term

“McJob” in his groundbreaking

novel from the ‘gos, Generation :
: “better” job.

X: Tales for an Accelerated
Culture. He defined it as, “A
low-pay, low-prestige, low-
dignity, no-future job in the
service sector. Frequently
considered a satisfying career
choice for people who have
never held one.” Such McJobs
are common and generally seen
poorly.

We've all heard the cliché
warnings growing up: “If you
don’t go to university, you'll
be flipping burgers for the
rest of your life.” Any type
of job that involves cash
registers, customer service,

: and/or preparing food seems

: designated for high school

: students or lowlife dropouts.

: This is despite the obvious fact
: that many, if not most workers
: with low-prestige jobs are

: adults—usually at a stage in

: their lives when they’ve been

socialy designated to havea

There are many reasons

: one might be working in the

: service, retail, or custodial

: industry. Many of the workers

: are students earning money

: to pay tuition and live. Many

: others are graduates who are

: unable to find work in their

: degree area. Such stereotypes

: are realistic and common,

: although many other reasons

: are also prominent. Believe it or
: not, some people actually enjoy
: working those jobs. They may

: find them low-stress, flexible, or :
: even fun. Many service workers

: have been at the job for years
: and are comfortable in their
: positions.

There’s absolutely nothing

: wrong with a career being an

: important factor in your life.

: However, for many a job is

: simply a way through which

: they can accomplish other

: things. Many people work in

: industries with flexible hours

: because they pursue outside

: interests such as arts or sports.

Still others enjoy a

: particular aspect of their jobs

: and find a silver lining. Many

: sanitation workers enjoy the

: exercise they get out of hauling
: garbage, for example. Even if

: there is no enjoyable or concrete :
: reason for somebody to be

: working at a McJob, why does

: it matter? A job is simply a way
: of making money. Ina perfect

world, we'd all be doing exactly

: all have unlimited cash. All our
: Big Macs would be prepared by
: robots and our classroom floors
: mopped by self-cleaning units.

All workers are people.

: They have their own interests,
: relationships, and lives

: outside of whatever McJob

: they may spend time at. There
: is absolutely nothing wrong

: with making coffee fora

: living, although some jobs are
: considered more “respectable”
: than others.

There are dozens of reasons

: why someone isn’t working

: the most desirable job on the

: planet, and none of them are

: more valid than another. Having

a job and making a living should

: be the ideal, rather than having
: adream occupation to earn as
: much money as possible. We’re
: all much more than whatever
: institution we spend time in to
: what we wanted to do, and we'd

bring home that paycheque.

 

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