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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
The only thing worth discussing IMO, is the underage drinking.
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If it was a team of 16 year-olds and the coach told them that if they won she'd buy them a couple of cases a beer to celebrate, then I'd have a problem with the underage drinking.
The team is based in and trains in Calgary, where it's perfectly legal for an 18 year-old to purchase alcohol. I doubt that anyone even gave it a second thought when they handed her a beer. I'm not even sure what the drinking laws are in this country. Is it only illegal to sell/provide alcohol to a minor? Or is it actually illegal for her to consume alcohol?
Whoever provided the beer to the team (Molson, I assume) might face a fine for not controlling the distribution of the alcohol, otherwise, I don't think even the "underage" drinking is a big deal.
If the Penguins had won the Cup in 2008, Crosby wouldn't have been old enough to drink champagne from the Cup after the game (he was further from his 21st birthday than Poulin is from her 19th). Does anyone think he wouldn't have? Would anyone been up in arms over it if he had?