Ferraro going all hyper sensitive on jersey gate during last nights telecast had me laughing, the corporate shill he is. The fans weren't throwing the jersey on the ice when the play was really in their that end. One did come down but there was pretty much a lone defenceman in the zone and he went around it. Certainly I understand the safety concern of having random jerseys come down during play (plus potentially killing a scoring play), but lets not exaggerate the safety concern here. Broken sticks, dropped helmets, etc etc all happen during play as well.
As for the "sacredness" of the jersey - baloney. Total rubbish. It's a sports team, nothing more. The sport and team means a lot to all of us, but putting a team like the Leafs out there and selling them as gold is more criminal then throwing a damn jersey on the ice. Plus there's a double standard when someone scores a hatrick. Personally, I hope we see more Leafs jerseys on the ice in coming days. Rogers really doesn't like this controversy, but it's something they started the day Burke was fired.
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