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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
And just because it is "Accepted" doesn't make it right.
IMO actions like this and hazing are something that all professional sports need to take more seriously.
The NHL likes to promote and be a part of #RightToPlay but then in these locker rooms and during the game slurs like "homo" or "fag" are still accepted.
They also like to promote things like mental health awareness, but if somebody maybe takes offense to an action like this, or something that goes on in the change room and takes it personally they are a quitter or a #####.
Then they like to have athletes go to schools and say that bullying is bad, but accept actions like these that is clearly one person picking on another (whether he deserved it or not is irrelevant).
So if a kid at a middle school throws a kids clothes in the shower at a Winnipeg Middle School gym class tomorrow cause the kid broke a rule its fine because Byfuglien did it and he was praised as a great leader.
My point is that the action that was taken out here was bullying, and if we want the league to be serious as role models etc then we shouldn't be lauding that action as him being a great leader.
A real great leader and a good organization wouldn't have let it get to this point and it would have been handled in a much more professional manor.
Kane is at fault for being a ###### but Byfuglien is also at fault for his actions too, and the team is at fault for not punishing Kane themselves if he broke a rule and for letting it get to his point to start with.
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I'm going to flip the script here. I'd suggest that there is equally as much chance that Kane is the bully and the kids in the schoolyard have finally had enough, gave him a solid shot and now Kane has his tail between his legs.
Kinda like in Christmas Story when Ralph has enough and pummels the bully. Everyone has a breaking point.
What Buff did was not the best way to handle it, but I do know for a fact that the Jets organization has gone way beyond what most organizations would have done to try and help Kane get himself together and a lot of it has never been reported on. I'd venture so far as to say they have accommodated him so much that it's caused frustration for some the other players and that has been the teams biggest failure.