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Originally Posted by Slava
It's laughable because you're equating professional sports with working in an office. Have you ever played competitive sports? Calling someone stupid would be hilarious, not because it's funny but because its probably the tamest insult you're going to hear at ice-level.
And yeah, if you work in an accounting firm you don't do this, but it's a different environment. I also don't think its appropriate to body check people or any minor penalty in downtown Calgary, so should the players be filing grievances about those issues?
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I have played organized sports - and I am known for being the dirtiest, most annoying trash-talker period. But that's irrelevant.
I would argue that a broadcast crew is (or should be) the same environment as an accounting firm, right? These are professionals, and one of them had a lapse in judgement that crossed a certain line.
Two guys on the ice saying things that would make anyone else blush? Fair game, and I find it funny myself (which is why I always do it when competing in anything really, even a stupid board game), but a broadcasting team? That's different.