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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
I don't care what anyone says, this is 100% on the coaching staff and team management. They obviously would have an idea veteran players are pulling this kind of bs and if they aren't creating an environment where players can step up and say something about stuff like this, it's even worse.
As soon as teams start cutting and blacklisting losers who are committing these acts on their own teammates and firing/blacklisting coaches who are looking the other way, the culture will change. Criminal charges are one thing (and warranted) but to reset this ongoing cycle, JR hockey needs to dramatically improve itself and how it polices the people that are supposed to be looking out for these kids during the season.
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To understand the nature of this problem you have to understand it's not limited to one or two teams in one or two minor leagues.
It's been a pervasive problem in Canadian Junior hockey for 25+ years.
The federal government should be sanctioning the league at this point, not leave it up to individual team administrators.
If you can't run a sports league for minors without rampant sexual assault you can't run a sports league. Not letting 16 year olds get raped during team building activities isn't exactly a high ####ing bar.
It's absolutely appalling. This should be a national scandal.