July 3, 07
As a life-long Maple Leafs
fan I have found myself turning away from them in recent years. They have
become an organization that has gone past protecting themselves and trying to
win a cup and into one that has evil intentions.
As you have said in your
article, it's "a large marketplace that can easily house two franchises" so
MLSE must realize that their gravy train would continue. Would they lose
support by having another team in Southern Ontario? No. Another team would
just provide those of us (say in KW) for whom it is impossible to see games an
opportunity to see hockey. So, by this reasoning, the only thing MLSE are doing
by preventing another team is denying hockey fans the opportunity to see hockey
- nothing else. And that is unforgivable.
Cameron Curwood - B.Sc.
(Math)
July 3, 07
While I appreciate anyone's
talent to write a professional article (June
28th), such as yours, I also am amazed how you guys (writers) never let
up on the Leafs.
Do you REALLY think it's ONLY the Leafs that don't want a team in
Hamilton??? Do you think St. Louis wants it in Hamilton vs. KC??
Buffalo wants it in Hamilton? Detroit too? Don't you think Balsillie
is a bit insulting the way he pushed and embarrassed the Governors and
the league?
But your article states "MAPLE LEAFS BEHIND BALSILLIE'S INABILITY TO
JOIN NHL"
You make it out like the Leafs are to blame. Only toward the end of the
article do you barely mention Buffalo.
By the way, did you interview the Leafs? Your article is a blog since
it's all opinion and baseless.
Sincerely,
Reinhart Kramreither
June 29, 07
You are a #*&@% joke! You
think Balsillie lost his bid for the Predators
because of the Toronto Maple Leafs? After there was speculation that
Balsillie would actually consider asking MLSE to help him run the club? You
know what you are? You’re like the other 100s of ignorant sports reporters
bent out on jealousy and anger to try and make the Toronto Maple Leafs and
their fans look ridiculous. It's people like you and fans of the Habs and
Senators that make us run. We know you’re jealous of us, but that’s no reason
for you to cry like a little bitch and assume it's the Maple Leafs fault. I
think you need to learn how to report fact over rumour, and statement over
hissy-fit. I hope the media enjoys being laughed at (including yourself) by
the entire Toronto Maple Leafs fan base, which I can assure you is a fair
population of Canada. Now go cry about how the Leafs will over pay Toskala
Adad Macarthur
June 3, 07
You wrote an article awhile
back about how hockey is a dying sport, and that rules have to be changed or it
will somehow disappear. Blah blah blah.
Then I find out you're a basketball guy, so no surprise there that you hate
hockey.
But just thought I'd let you know that last Wednesday night game 2 of the
Stanley Cup did 2.4 million viewers on CBC. The NBA game on that same night on
TSN did a whopping 69,000.
So you tell me. Which sport has the problems here and needs rule changes to
attract fans? Now I'm no mathematician, but just looking at those two figures, I
would say basketball is in a whole lotta trouble.
Kind of makes your article look pretty foolish, wouldn't ya say? Of course you
won't. You're a basketball guy after all. We only bash hockey in this country.
Why? Because the Americans do. But your agenda has nothin' to do with facts.
Argos 1
June 1, 07
Poor Toronto fans don't like
what A-Rod did. BOO HOO. Stupid play by your shortstop & third baseman.
Wayne Laite
May 29, 07
Michael,
I like how
you put it in your response to me, as opposed to how it was put in the article.I
completely agree that if Giambi had to do it all over again he would refrain
from making self-incriminating statements, even if they were true!I find it
ironic that Giambi was honest and forthcoming in his opinions (and correct about
what baseball in general should do!) which is exactly what the press would love
from all their interviews and will undoubtedly pay for his honesty when if he
had given the usual cliché’s he would be in no trouble at all.
Regards,
Dave
May 22, 07
Yes, it is very easy to blame
the league for the suspensions of the
Suns' players but if Diaw and Stoudamire had not left the bench we would
not be having this conversation. To bring up the Duncan-Bowen incident
after the fact is pretty weak. Just like the people who claimed
everyone in the race with Ben Johnson was on 'the juice', maybe so but
Ben, unfortunately, got caught.
Over the regular season Dirk should have been the MVP, if I had a vote
that is who it would have gone to. If Steve, the greatest ball player
ever, Nash had a better year this year than last then I guess he should
have been MVP. But using that criteria Michael Jordan should have been
MVP at least 10 times.
Stuart Seymour
Operations Analyst
Speedy Muffler, Brake & Wheel
May 5, 07
Its refreshing to read many
of your articles as I agree with many of your opinions. Glad to hear that I'm
not the only one that is frustrated by TSN showing 50 minutes of hockey
highlights and then 10 minutes on other sports. Believe it or not, last week
Sportsnet pre-empted one of the NBA playoff games for Sportsnet news which had
mostly hockey highlights. They ended up joining the NBA game in progress. I
can understand having to join a NBA playoff game in progress if a baseball game
goes into extra inning or something but I was stunned that sportsnet would delay
NBA coverage for sportsnet news.
Keith
Apr 12, 07
I disagree with your notion
that changing the rules will allow the league to
be saved. I could care less about fighting but this league has survived over
100 years with the rules they use to have and will not die no matter what
they do. If you want my opinion, the rule changes are what is killing the
league. It is like watching basketball on ice. I really don't care if teams
can survive in the southern states. If they can't so be it let them die, of
all the hockey fans in North America roughly 80% of them are in the
northern states and Canada so why is it the NHL has to always cater to the
20% who may or may no be interested in the south. I think the shootout has
no place in the game and has made for a joke as to the standings it give
mediocre teams an advantage and a boost into the playoffs where as deserving
teams who did not participate in as many shootouts but won more games in
regulation have been penalized by not making the playoffs. For example look
at the eastern conference stats Carolina had 40 wins and not 1 in a shootout
they finish 11th, the New York Rangers had 42 wins 9 by way of the shootout
and finish 6th. This goes to show that winning in regulation just doesn't
get rewarded. The first thing the league has to do is if they want to keep
the shootout they must find a way to even the value of each game played i.e
either 3 points for a regulation win or plain and simple no points for a
loss period. You just can't have some games worth 2 points and some games
worth 3 points. The other way to even this out is every team has a shootout
for the extra point at the end of every game. So you could lose the game in
regulation but you still have the chance at the bonus point in the shootout.
Sincerely,
D. Easton
April 11, 07
I totally agree with your
views. I spent several years in the States and
many Americans I talked to believed that fighting was "staged" - like WWF
(or whatever they call it now). When I tried to explain it was "real" I
found that I simply could not justify it. Basically, it is a barbaric
vestige from days of old (which DC was part of and continues to promote -
what a fine legacy). Hockey IS a minor league sport already - it is only
the Canadian media outlets that treat it as anything different. I myself
refuse to follow NHL hockey as we know it in 2007 due to the presence of
fighting and to the screwed up rules that give teams a point for losing and
in which "winners" are decided by gimmicks. Shootouts are gimmicks by
definition because they aren't used in the playoffs - how stupid is that? I
mean aren't they saying that the shootout is good enough to decide which
teams make or don't make the playoffs but not good enough to decide which
team wins the playoffs? In soccer they only use the shootout in playoffs or cup
tournaments. During the regular season a tie is fine. So even in including
the shootout the NHL blew it.
Anyway, it is nice to hear an enlightened and intelligent view on fighting
for a change.
Thanks,
Rene Vandenboom, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
Brock University
Apr 10, 07
I read the following in your
column and only have one question. You wrote "This kind of progressive thinking,
not seen in the NHL—and usually not allowed—elicited the usual angry responses
from the non-thinking" I spent 10 years in university and got straight As in a
PHD program in the social sciences so I know I can think and I like hockey
fighting. I know others similar to me. I suspect your smart enough to know that
there are people like me who are smart and like fighting exist. So why do you
resort to nothing short of name calling and insults instead of just making an
intelligent argument? A suggestion it cheapens your point.
Jodey Derouin
Apr 9, 07
Right on the money.
Especially the ratings part in the U.S. First and foremost the league needs to
eliminate hits to the head and intent to injure. Thanks,
Anna
Kenmore, NY
April 7, 07
Mr. Hobson,
You need to go further in
your column, and explain to idiots like me, why it is that I should care about
the survival of the NHL in the Southern States. NASCAR, COPS, CNN and WWF
Wrestling are all acceptable forms of entertainment in redneck land...but hockey
is too violent??
In my humble cement head
opinion, the NHL could easily ditch a few lame franchises anyway, if they don't
like the sport and I wouldn't bat an eyelash. For example, Nashville, Columbus,
both Florida clubs, Carolina, any team owned by Disney, Atlanta and any club
based in Texas could all slide off the face the sporting landscape and no one
would even notice.
I live in the center of the
hockey universe, I like the game and I'm sick of that lame Canadian habit of
constantly seeking approval from the USA. If the NHL flourishes in the USA, is
that going to enhance my enjoyment of the sport? The short answer is no. The
next question is: why should I care?
Plus, I like fighting. It's
friggin fun to watch and I'm not alone on that one. See: the Sabres-Sens punch
up. Listen to the crowd in those highlights because that’s about as loud as it
gets. They hated it.
Who ever decided that
Americans don't like senseless violence anyway? It is the most violent and
depraved country on the face of the planet. These people re-invent violence and
take it to new and disturbing levels on a daily basis. You want Americans to
watch hockey on TV? Well if it's that important to you, I have a tip: more
violence, not less.
Sincerely,
Marc Vespi
Cement Head
Apr 6, 07
nonsense, absolute sky is
falling jibberish, sophmoric analysis, if any kind of analysis at all ...embarrsing,
even to read, let alone write
Cliff Brown
April 6, 07
Okay we get your point. You
hate hockey. You love baseball and basketball and the NCAA. Now please go away
and leave hockey to us hockey fans.
Because really. Your article makes no sense at all when applied to this country.
Because Canadians love the game of hockey. Its your favorite American sports we
don't give a rats butt about. Like is your whining because of jealousy or
something?
Like on Saturday night 3 million will be watching the Habs-Leafs. A couple of
hundred thousand might watch the Blue Jays. Maybe 50,000 will watch the Raptors.
Yet its hockey that is on the brink of extinction?
And really. Who cares if hockey won't make it big in the USA? I think thats
great. That means no afternoon games in the spring. NO games into July. NO
hockey in places where they cheer icing. I say please fail down there.
And after all. Those people think baseball and basketball is exciting. Shows
what taste in sports they have, eh? Who cares what they thing about anything?
Except for you I guess.
Me thinks you're just a frustrated basketball fan who is upset because nobody up
here cares about your favorite sport.
Go to your local bar and watch your Raptors and Blue Jays. You know where you'll
find them, eh? On the little TV at the end of the bar. Next to the twenty TV's
showing hockey. Try your soapboxing there. People will laugh in your face.
But we don't rag on your favorite American based sports. Although we could. So
quit whining about ours. Quit looking down south all the time. Either get off
your soapbox or change your tune. Let us watch our hockey in peace
April 5, 07
Wow Mike are you going to
receive flak from lovers of
fighting in hockey, as for me I am not one of them. I
can't stand fighting in hockey and I think your points
are bang on especially the one about people stopping
to see accidents I have been saying that for years,
but hockey players are not the smartest breed to begin
with.. Look at the former Leaf that lost his vision in
his eye and still won't wear a visor, or the time it
took to make helmets mandatory.It is uphill battle
Mike but hopefully the people in charge will get it right.
Mar 23, 07
Hello Mike
I enjoyed your article it was very informative and to
the point. The only thing I have issue with is when you
talk about Drury and Kaberle being out for more
games. That fact is not really relevant the intent is
more important that the games missed. If a player gives
a guy a marginal check but the player being checked
falls on his head and misses the rest of the season do
you suspend a guy the whole entire year for a play
that would warrant 5 games I don't think so that would
not be justice either. Keep making great articles.
justin
Mar 20, 07
I think the writers who vote
are really hoping that Dirk falls off the
map a little bit so they have an excuse to give the MVP to Nash. But
does it matter in the end, Nash clearly is the most important player to
his team and as long as people know it that's all that matters. Can you
just imagine if they recorded a stat column for 2nd assists and assists
leading to foul shots. Maybe everybody with think a lot different then!!
I really enjoyed this article of yours,
Write me back if you get a chance.
All the best,
Elly
Mar 13, 07
Hi Michael,
The first article I read of yours I strongly disagreed with, and therefore
made it a point to read all of your columns on the Fan, hoping to find
something I could rant about. It turns out that I enjoy your work very much
and the latest piece is another example of that.
Nash without question, in my mind, is the MVP.
Sincerely,
Nick Dewdney
Feb 19, 2007
Hi Michael,
I wanted to applaud you for
an Excellent article on the state of the Raptors!
Go Raptors!
Best Regards,
Arpan Khurana
Jan 30, 07
Mr. Hobson,
Who really gives a crap if any American outside of NY, Boston, Philly, or
Chicago ever spends money on hockey!!!!
I hope they dont!!!
We can get rid of the instigator, the phantom penalties, and ridiculous
teams in places with no ice and you can take your kids to all theNFL
(criminals, steroids), NBA (criminals, rampant drug use) and MLB(BARRY BONDS
et al.) games you want.
How do you explain to your daughter about the fact that nine Bengals have
been arrested this season?
Enough has been done to change one of the most exciting games on earth.
Leave it to the REAL FANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yours Truly
Nick Dewdney
Jan 30, 07
I'm shocked that you argue
for eliminating fighting from hockey.
I'd bet you never played the game. Its not prehistoric to want fighting, its
called history, its part of the game.
If the NHL wants to increase popularity of the game, they should take the
restrictions off fighting. The fans love it, the players love it, no one ever
gets hurt, and it helps protect the franchise players.
Jonathan Strong
Jan 29, 07
Hey Man,
I can appreciate your
position on this, or anybody's for that matter. But to me honestly it's no
different that discussing the merrits of any issue in any game. Like the Red
Line for example. Or the Shoot out. Some like it, some don't. But to say MLB,
or NBA or the NFL for that matter is "above" the NHL is complete BS.
What's the point of a "Bean
Ball"? Part of the code? Or just a comletely senseless behavior? Kinda like a
hockey fight right??? Not to mention, still the only league that has bench
clearing brawls each and every season. Ask Zimmer about Pedro. Explain that to
your daughter. Explain the mayhem in the crowd. This "what about the
children?" is crap IMO, and about the weekest arguement on any issue.
How about the NBA? Let's
have a look? Ron Artest? Carmello? A league full of "role models" for sure.
What kind of people are Tie Domi, Georges Laraque, Stu Grimson, etc.? Show your
children what "non violence" is all about, and forget about those "bad" guys in
hockey.
How about the NFL? The
Bengals come to mind. A great guy named Terrell. Give me a break. Your kids
have a ton to look at there. Hot dogging after a nothing play, time after time,
player after player. What about the Children?
Say you don't want fighting.
Fine by me. Say you like other sports because they set better examples for your
kids? Give me a break. High and mighty BS.
Jason
Jan 29, 07
I guess you have your opinion
of hockey. However misguided.
But I had to laugh that you said you won't take your kid to a hockey game, but
you would a football game? The most violent game in the world? Full of hoods and
thugs and felons and steroid monsters?
And you want more changes to hockey? Obviously you were never a hockey fan in
the first place.
Because the game is now being turned into basketball on ice. And you know how
much Canadians like basketball, eh? LIke are you one of these peaceniks or
something?
If thats the case, why aren't you crying about turning football into two hand
touch? Or if its American its beyond reproach?
And to say hockey doesn't have widespread appeal? Like, what are you talking
about? Like is baseball and teh NFL in the Olympics? Uh, hockey is. Hockey is
popular in many countries now. Is baseball and football?
I guess you think hockey has problems because the yahoos down south won't watch?
Do ya think maybe its the fact they have their sports, and we have ours?
That what they like, we don't give a rats butt about. And what we like, they
don't give a rats butt about?
Becuase thats the way it is. They have baseball, basketball and NFL. We have
hockey, curling and the cFL. The sooner you guys in the media realize this fact,
and quite trying to get the Americans to like us, the sooner you'll realize this
fact.
Hockey is doing just fine. And if the bloody Americans don't want it, we'll
gladly take it back. Before Bettman and his American cohorts turn hockey into
Arena football on ice!
Jan 13, 07
Since he settled on his
rotation players 8 games into the season, we've been 5-5 three times in a row
(despite injuries to starters). I now legitimately see us going to the playoffs
as the winner of the Atlantic division.
I hope that Rasho, Chris,
Jorge, Anthony & TJ start, with Andrea, Joey & José subbing, and Morris, then
Fred (if they're still around) as the injury subs.
Bo Klymkiw
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Nov 22, 06
I have NOT been a fan of his
up until now, BUT now that he's got the rotation more or less right, I want to
give him 30 games to see what he can do with it. Yes, he's had 3 games with it,
and is 0-3. However, I'd still like to give him an opportunity to improve
steadily. 3-7 in the current 10, 4-6 in the ten after that, and 5-5 in the last
ten sounds fair to me. If we're not at 14-23 wins in 27 games (on Sat Jan 13),
then you're right, Sam has to go. However, if we are at it, and we could play
over .500 for the rest of the year, we'd end up at 37-45. Only six teams in the
East are over .451 right now. Hmm ... .
Bo Klymkiw
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Luke Kypers Nov 13, 06
Adam Kennedy is the one move
you mentioned a agree with... I don't think we'd be able to add a legit SS
through trade but if we can than that is the only other strong possibility for
finishing up the middle infield.
As for adding two quality
pitchers I just don't see that happening... The market is pretty thin for
starting pitchers so the quality ones will be overpriced. So I think we'd have
to settle for just one... then that leaves the 5th spot to be filled most likely
by Marcum, Jansen or Towers (all have proved at different times they can be a
solid SP so at least one should be good for next year.)
I love Catt but he's just not
worth it to bring back... he'll get 3 mill or more and a starting job in the
field. The Jays outfield is full with 3 players that are better defensive
options and very capable at the plate too... and 2 of the Jays top prospects
can serve as the backups.
As for catcher you're
probably right that JP will bring back Zaun, but the similiar $ would be much
wiser spent on Rod Barajas. Zaun might be a better offensive choice but he's
still a career best 12 HR hitter and career AVG of .252. Barajas would give the
Jays pitching staff a boost with an arm that can actually throw out baserunners.
Barajas is that defensive specialist that they have been missing... He is a bit
of a liability at the plate but 2005 he did hit 21 HR and 15 in 2004.
Adam Kennedy approx 5 mill
Rod Barajas approx 4 mill
This would leave the Jays
11mill and where to spend that is very debateable... I think Lind deserves a
shot at the DH/backup outfielder... Which would allow JP to resign Spier and
find the best starting pitcher he can for approx. 8 million a year
That should give the Jays a
top teir pitching staff (rotation and bullpen).
A much upgraded defence,
especially at C cutting down on the horrendous SB totals.
Which in my opinion is has a
lot of potential to put up runs for a team with such a good pitching staff.
Oct 30, 06
You really
came down hard on the Cardinals last week, didn’t you? Talk about that cigar
blowing up in your face!!!
Better
luck at the slots.
S. Carret,
Mississauga
Oct 30, 06
Remind me never to go to
Vegas with you! :)
Jim from Whitby
Oct 28, 06
oops, want to try another
prediction
Adrian Vander Wielen
Sept 24, 06
My name is Tim Lalande, and I
am a 23 yr old journalism student at Conestoga
College in Kitchener. I have been given the task of finding a press release
and writing a story from that release, and I would like to use your
September 13th article about the jays being better off trading Vernon Wells.
I am a huge jays fan and I happen to agree with you, and I was hoping that
I could email you a few questions about the issue for my assignment. I can
assure you that the only people that would view the assignment would be
myself and my teacher, no one else. If this is something that you'd be
interested in and would have time for, please contact me at your nearest
convenience, either by email or if you prefer by phone.
Thank You
Tim Lalande
(In response to a July 9, 2004 article stating that tennis lost its allure
with the disappearance of the wooden racquet)
It's
All About the Return
My friend, tennis is a
reinvented game. You are quite right when you say it is hard to compare past
athletes with today’s, this is because today's technology demands better
athleticism and speed. Tennis is an International game no longer played at the
polite pace you seem to be begging for. From Australia to Europe and the
Americas to Asia, the season long ATP Champions compete all season long.
Martina herself claims she is in better shape now than she has ever been, yet,
even with today’s equipment finds it impossible to repeat her tremendous
accomplishments.
I
think every time that the power game is raised, current stars are not able to
deal with it. It was like "You were great, you had your time, but excuse me
you're done." Just ask legends like McEnroe or Hingis what chased them out of
the game!
There is no doubt that
the racquets and the increased power changed tennis. Think about this:
throughout tennis history everybody was playing the same sport. Whether it was
Budge, Kramer, Hoad, Laver, Smith, Ashe, it was all the same strategy and even
up through Borg, Connors and McEnroe. And then Lendl and Becker show up and they
don't play that way. Agassi doesn't play that way. The power game shows up and
it changes the sport for the better.
If tennis was really
only about power, then there would be more of the top servers in the top ten.
With the exception of Andy Roddick who holds the record for fastest serve at 153
mph, it's not the usual lethal-serving suspects — Ivo Karlovic, Taylor
Dent, Mark Philippoussis, or Greg Rusedski — are in the top 20! It's the players
who excel in physical fitness and play solid aggressive tennis that dominate
today’s game. Everyone can hit the ball out there, but it's getting to it and
doing something with it that separates those in the top ten from others.
Take some time to get to know the current number 1 player in the world. In
today's era of abrasive athletics where WWE-style taunts have infiltrated all
sorts of sports, talking a good game is sometimes more common than playing
one. Roger Federer allows his classy conduct on court speak for him. With more
and more younger people getting involved in the sport, I'm glad we have the
likes of Federer and Agassi in the limelight.
Miles Davey
Mike, get your head out
of the seventies!
Have
you even seen a game played in this decade? Why so much focus on the serve? It's
one thing to focus on the ball hit so hard that one would think it was shot out
of a cannon, but today's players are actually getting the ball back - that is
the allure of the confrontation. The serve is but one part of a game that is not
unlike a chess match, while having to anticipate quickly and play the angles.
It is this court sense that separates the pro from the club player, more so than
merely looking at how technology has affected the game. Give today’s tennis
athletes a little credit will ya!
You ask, "How can a
personality evolve when the game is simply about power?" I say until you see
more of the non-Americans on Sports Centre on a regular basis, you won't be able
to get to know the personalities of players in the top 10! Also, when a player
like Safin, for instance, shows some personality like when he pulled down his
pants at Roland Garros or made his Wimbledon remarks, the next day he
apologizes. One must conclude that agents probably tell players to tone it down
because they're afraid for their endorsements, which seems to create a sterile
climate in the game now.
I don't understand how
you as a baseball fan seem to love the confrontation between pitcher and hitter
and show appreciation for what happens when the baseball is actually hit. The
serve in tennis is like that of a pitcher, with different spins, angles,
movements, change-ups -- accept in tennis the ball is not traveling much
faster! Now, in baseball the pitcher has the benefit of coaches stepping in at
any time to help, where in tennis, you put yourself on the line with no one to
help. Try comparing 90 miles an hour to 153 miles an hour my friend.
I suggest
you go to a batting cage and face an eighty-mile an hour ball coming at you,
then imagine it coming twice as fast. Maybe then you will appreciate the return
game. You need to realize that it is the return of serve that is now the most
feared shot in tennis, not the serve!
Anthony
Campbell
(In response to Jan 10 rant concerning the NHL being stuck with too many
struggling franchises)
Hey Michael,
I read the fan view and enjoy. Just a quick note that
if you want to pick on NHL franchises that's great but the Columbus Blue Jackets
had more than 50 sellouts in succession. In fact, they had to cut off season
ticket sales. Columbus does not have to worry about fan support even with a
terrible team. But I understand your point on the other teams.
Thanks
Morris Dalla Costa
London Free Press
(IN RESPONSE TO THE DEC. 6
RANT ON THE PORTLAND TRAIL
BLAZERS AND THEIR CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES. THE THE FAN VIEW
RANT WAS REPRINTED ON THE BLAZERS SUCK WEBSITE AND THE OPERATOR
OF THAT SITE WROTE TO THE FAN VIEW)
It is time for people to stop supporting Wife Beaters, Rapist, Drunk
Drivers, Illegal Drug Users/Pushers and Thugs; such as you find with the
Portland Trail Blazers. As much as they claim not to be examples or role
models, THEY ARE to many young people that look at their behavior as being a
norm or accepted practice. They watch as these "famous scumbags" get away
with thing that so many civilized people wouldn't dare. Wife Abuse and
Child Abuse is a PUBLIC ISSUE not a private issue and people need to stand
up against this and stop turning their backs on this problem. They can start
by not buying Blazer tickets, and then even go as far as reporting abuse
they witness in their neighborhoods or where they are.
If your favorite sport organization hires and supports these kinds of
scumbags, you should stop supporting them!!! Q www.blazerssuck.com
Q Madp
PO Box 86888
Portland OR 97286-0888