We know. He is a dickhead. His "whiskey" is shit, his "wine" tastes like his "whiskey" (also shit) and he is shit.
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Do some people still doubt this?
Why should I give a shit about Wayne Gretzky? It's not like he's done anything positive for science, technology or society as a whole.
The guy is known for hitting a chunk or rubber around with a stick. Whoopdy-fucking-doo.
Ya, we already knew about the traitor.
Seriously this is really old news.
Elbows up, our defense doesn't care whether he's a star player or not.
The not so great one
The Great Once
People in Edmonton have been literally shitting on his statue. We know about the traitor.
Americans don't know that Canada already knows
I have a groundbreaking theory about prolonged playing of contact sports, traumatic brain injury, and far right politics... You generally don't hear these headlines about tennis/soccer players, or nearly as often about basketball/baseball players.
As someone who enjoys American football and hockey, it's a damn shame that we still paint athletes as role models.
I know it's funny to insinuate that brain damage caused people to become conservatives, but I think we should accept that the culture around aggressive, full-contact sports tends to be conservative to start with. Surround yourself with that culture day-in, day-out, and before long you find yourself ingrained in more than just their favorite sports.
But I mean, that doesn't mean it's not the brain damage. A thing can be more than one thing.
Just look at Fetterman. Had a stroke, and heβs now conservative.
That's true, it's a combination of factors. A big part is the insular nature of the team and coaching as you go higher up the ladder. If you're not thanking God in your post-win interview you're a "locker room problem"; if you want a coaching job after you retire you've gotta be on good terms with the good ol' boys network.
I do think that the brain damage does compound heavily though. I know Mormons who get out and become well adjusted people later in life; the semi-pro football players I know get more irrational and violent as the CTE sets in.
Football (soccer as you call it) is so underrated in this respect it's not even funny, heading the ball is extremely dangerous for the brain in the long term. Not to mention head clashes in challenges etc. Granted, most injuries are in the lower limbs but still.
Footballers have a much high chance of developing and dying from ALS.
Basketball as well. Elbows inside are real and thumping opponents is normal.
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Oh we all know about the Great Once.
You're like 2 years late
Who fucking cares. Old rich guy likes Trump. Shocker.
Gretzky has always been that way. I'm not sure why anyone respects him anymore.
He skates by
We know. Not that it matters. He moved to the US decades ago, anyway...so they can keep him.
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He was at the inauguration, we know.
We know.
That's the guy that ripped off the Michael Scott with the quote "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"
Why does it matter? He chose america willingly and they welcomed him a long time ago. They say never meet your heroes but the internet makes that almost impossible.
One of my best friends is from Brantford, huge hockey nut and a big Gretzky fan and man this must sting her so bad and it's understandable. Gotta be so frustrating.
As one of the "Lemieux is the GOAT" crowd... LOL
Brantford is the most MAGA place in Canada outside of Alberta. Worst drunk driving and domestic violence rates in Southern Ontario.
I'm not from Brantford, but I'm from SOnt, and he was a god to a kid in the 80s. I remember fighting every ounce of my energy trying to stay up to watch the late night games as a little tiny kid. I remember saying as a 3 or 4 year old that I'm going to Edmonton when I grow up, I'm going to work and watch Wayne Gretzky (and it's funny how that almost actually played out, but I got the wrong city). It breaks my fucking heart. You broke our hearts Wayne. Never meet your heroes they say, and it's a funny saying because most of my heroes have actually turned out to be pretty stand up in person too. All but one.
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And this is news?
CTE is a hell of a series of traumatic brain injuries yes
I'll spam this fact wherever I see comments on CTE.
CTE is not correlated with the number of concussions. It's correlated with years of exposure to repetitive minor hits. It's a very important distinction because the NFL (and every other professional sport with blows to the head) is trying to push the narrative that concussion is the boogeyman, so that if they can reduce concussion (and they can), they can declare their hands clean from CTE. The only way to reduce CTE is drastic changes to the game.
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Is dumb piece of shit.
Make Apathetic Gretzky American.
I think Walter would be ashamed, I knew him personally from his charity work and he was a good man, a true Canadian and pretty opinionated in his own quiet way. I'm glad he didn't live to see his son involved in and downplaying this shit. I can't imagine how he would've felt good about it. Money and celebrity (and as someone else suggested, maybe CTE too) corrupts some people. It seems Wayne is one of those.
Traitor to the core. Orr, too.
He was Canadian when he was Great... now he is garbage and became MAGA
Lol @ anyone who thinks wealthy people are on our side.
Jarome Iginla was always my hero.
There is a significant percentage of Canadians who wish to be American. Iβve known several. I donβt understand it. Iβm expat American.
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