National Post
Toronto Sun
http://sports.nationalpost.com/2011/09/27/on-homophobia-nhl-slowly-waking-up/
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/27/police-have-suspect-in-the-banana-attack
It all started on Wednesday night in London Ontario. The Philadelphia Flyers and the Detroit Red Wings had an exhibition hockey game. Wayne Simmonds , the Philadelphia forward was awarded a penalty shot which than, a banana had been thrown at him. Some fan had thrown a banana from the upper section of the arena, implying that Wayne Simmonds is an ape or monkey because of the ton of his face. This incident has turned into a major cause in the National Hockey League (NHL) and police are under investigations. I believe that the man that threw the banana is an ignorant fan and is a disgrace towards people. I can't wait till the police figure this case out and punish this fan for his behavior. I'm very happy that Wayne Simmonds scored the shootout and commented with this statement: " It was unfortunate that this incident happened. I'm above this sort of stuff. That is something that is out my control. Moving forward. This incident is something I will no longer comment on so I can just focus on playing hockey," I believe he has great sportmanship and was very respectful towards the negative sitution. I hope Wayne the best. I also cant believe this fan is bringing racism to sports.
I think that they should make the fan pay a fine. This type of racism shouldn't be on sports. Sports is about teamwork not about discriminating your opponent because his type of skin color. There are kids/teenagers that look up to these hockey players as heroes, as examples of model behavior, this may be viewed as acceptable behavior not realizing what the consequences are.
ReplyDeletei believe the fan that threw the banana tends to be very racist. It is obviously morally wrong. I believe that the people sitting beside him or close to him should have reported his description so this incident can be dealt with accordingly by the security.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info Foegele. I agree with your point-of-view on this incident. I would have thought that society had matured enough over the past hundred years, that this sort of thing wouldn't happen. I think it's a harmless, offensive non the less, act of racism that should be followed by a punishment, including some sort of apology to the player, Wayne Simmonds.
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