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Originally Posted by motorcrosser
Hockey is literally their lives. They make money from it. You think they do it to appease you?
He put his family ahead before, so why not now? I think that's the point of the OP.
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If your job is literally your life, it means either:
a)I feel for you as your barley surviving to put food on your table to the point where your job is more important than every other family need, because without it, the family needs won't be met at all. Despite the Canadian social safety net, this does occur, and it sucks. But this is not the situation for this NHL player, so its not relevant
b) You have tied too much importance to your job and forgot about your other life aspects. That is my view, but you may feel your job is that important, it is your life, and your entire identity is tied to it, and you are not ashamed by that.
As for why now? Because things change?
His employer changed his original contract (i.e. bubble life) and stated therefore he has a right to pause his employment (or leave before his original end clause with the Flames). He choose at that time to take that card - how in the world would you condemn anyone for that? As YOU stated he doesn't work to appease me, he works for himself. Your employer has a contract with you that doesn't require you to live in a bubble away from your family and then changes it, you have zero guilt for not agreeing to it. His employer has since said he could come back (sorta, new contract with a new team but just for simplicity, taking the NHL as one entity)- he is coming back because he has determined its his best interest to work again in the NHL
Don't break an elbow when you fall of that horse.