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was able to enjoy the
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sity and you get a little
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great.”

 

Lockout

The NHL lockout was part of the reason
why Sportsnet recently made some cut-
backs, and those cutbacks were the main
reason why Scott Rintoul got laid off. With
that in mind, Rintoul has many reasons to
complain about the lockout, but he was
surprisingly positive about the whole
thing. He attributed this optimistic out-
look to the fact that with his connections,
and his ability, he is sure to find another
job elsewhere.

When I asked about the effect the lock-
out has had on his industry, he pointed
immediately to the positive side of it all.
“The positive way it has affected our
industry is that it’s given guys who would
normally not cover certain things the abil-
ity to go and cover those certain things,”
he said. “To be able to do stories that are
high-school related, or junior-hockey relat-
ed, or sports that are a little off the wall.
They’re still good stories, but they’re not
mainstream, so a lot of the time they don’t
get the attention. But this lockout’s given
some of those stories attention, and I
think that’s one of the positive aspects of
it.”

However, Scott did have some negative
things to say as well.

“What are my thoughts on the NHL
lockout? It’s egos.” He said. “It’s egos on
both sides and it’s ego driven. A lot of
people say they care a lot about the game
on both sides, but, you know what?
Actions speak louder than words.” He
went on to say that “It’s sad to this point
that so much has been lost and you won-
der if they can ever gain it back. I mean, in
Canada they'll get it back but in the States,
I really don’t know.”

We went on to talk about the various
attendants and support staff at arenas like
GM Place who have been losing their jobs
due to the lockout. People who Scott says
he feels the worst for. “They're all such
good people,” he said. “And they depend
on that paycheque. They haven’t been put-
ting away a war chest like the owners and
the players have. And those are the guys
who I feel the most sorry for, and those
are the guys who have lost the most in this.
Not the owners, not the players, it’s those

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guys.

March 23/2005

 

Reporting Highlights: The two
Super Bowls and the Grey Cup, as well
as being on the Red Mile in Calgary
after game six of the 2004 Stanley Cup
finals.

Athletic Highlight: Returning to the
UBC football team and leading the
team in receiving in his final year, after
being cut and told that he wasn’t good
enough to play only three years earlier.

Favourite Sport To Watch: He shares
Don Taylor’s philosophy that a sports
reporter should never stop being a fan,
and with that mindset he enjoys watch-
ing any sport, any time.

Favourite Athlete: Steve Nash. “He’s
so egoless, it’s unbelievable.”

Fantasy Sports Personality
Interview: “People are gonna think
I’m warped, but O.J. Simpson. Because
man, there’s stuff goin’ on with that
guy. The guy was everybody’s favourite
and now he’s everybody’s enemy. It

 

would be just an interesting study in
how the guy works. It'd be weird.”

 

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The following is the first round of 5) Hot Cereal or Cold Cereal?
Rintoul’s Rapid Fire. The playoff can be
found on our website at www.theother- Cage treet

press.ca, along with Scott’s explanations 6) Sportsnet or TSN?
on his choices.

Sportsnet. “My buddies still work there.”
1) Flip-flops or Birkenstocks?

Flip-flops.

2) Gretzky or Lemieux?

7) Romantic Comedy or Action?
Action,

8) CFL or NFL?
Gretzky.
CFL. “T’m gonna stay Canadian.”
But...what? Football is more Canadian

than Hockey?

3) Poetry or Prose?

Poetry.

4) Hockey or Football? Okay, that’s it. Look for exciting match-
ups such as Gretzky versus Flipflops,
and Sportsnet versus Cold Cereal,

online.

Football.

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