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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
Umm, no? He didn't say anything remotely close to that...
But youth hockey culture in Canada can be incredibly toxic and gross. Which isn't to say other sports (and other countries) don't have problems, too, but it's irrelevant.
I think it mostly comes from toxic parents and coaches, but I wonder how much of it has to do with the actual need to use locker-rooms so much more compared to most other youth sports.
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Two separate points but both valid. We all know the toxic culture hockey parents create. Not one team, ever, has been able to avoid “those” parents. As for the locker room being used more then any other sport, this is 100% true. On top of all the dressing room time, there is also the bus time, even lower, younger levels of hockey are busing hours on a Saturday to play a single game.
Do other sports make the kids show up an hour to 1 1/2 hours early to go for a jog and then sit around till game time? Then 1/2 hour or more afterwards? The one nephews (Midget A) team had to “ban” showers and had 10 minutes to clear the room after games and practice because there was so much chaos in the room afterwards. Instead of trying to fix the issues and improving the environment, the parents all turned on the coach, and Lethbridge Minor Hockey for this decision, what a disgrace.