[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Goriders

Ok. So if hockey canada fires their head guy and puts someone else in his place 18 and 19 year old boys will never try to have sex again after going to the bar.

I just don’t see how they are actually going to accomplish anything beyond finding a scapegoat.

It’s nice to say the world will be a different place. Don’t think it’s the reality though. To think that the head of hockey canada can change sexual activity in the general population is a bit of a stretch.

Holy crap you're out to lunch on this.

1) This isn't guys trying to have sex. This is guys COMMITTING SEXUAL ASSAULT. Those are 2 very different things

2) No one is saying Hockey Canada forced these guys to commit crimes, but they sure as hell covered them up. Though there is also the argument to be made that a culture of treating sexual assault the same as teenagers just trying to get laid likely contributed to the number of assaults these players were committing.

3) Can Hockey Canada change the way people act? Well yeah, by making it clear that this type of crime won't be acceptable, and they won't cover for you. You assault someone, you're out, PERIOD. A lack of consequences, as they've previously shown to be in favour of, is a pretty terrible way to prevent someone from acting poorly. Second, even if the above wasn't true, Hockey Canada sure as hell can change the way they act.