Welcome to Meltdown Tuesday, where sports takes get a bit wild.
It’s Tuesday, and that means more hot takes. It’s what the sports world does, and this is the perfect week to take aim all over the map, including the NHL All-Star Game fiasco.
Without further adieu, here are Jonathan Bass and Matt Verderame of FanSided …
JB: So they had their All-Star Game on Sunday, and everyone seemed to like it. But then there’s some other stuff with John Scott and Gary Bettman. Fill me in – I stopped following hockey when they ruthlessly stole the Thrashers away from Atlanta and all six of their fans.
MV: Bettman is the ultimate in horrific commissioners. He makes Roger Goodell look like Pete Rozelle mixed with David Stern. Basically, John Scott is a 33-year-old journeyman who got voted in by the fans to play in the All-Stat Game, only for the NHL to go heel and basically force a trade. The deal sent Scott from Arizona to Montreal, basically forcing him out of the game. Luckily, there was such an uproar that he was allowed to play, and then stuck it to that hack Bettman and won the MVP award
JB: So basically the NHL had a good thing going. A real feel-good story and decided to overturn a bucket of manure on their head right under the biggest spotlight. Sounds about what I’d expect from the league.
MV: Yeah, and then this extend Bettman’s contract through 2022, which basically ensures the NHL will sit somewhere between table tennis and snuff films in popularity
JB: I hear both are big in the Chinese market … just saying. Can you imagine if Goodell were to announce his extension at halftime of the Super Bowl? Good lord.
MV: The internet would explode. Tom Brady would go into hiding. People would storm Santa Clara, demanding justice.
JB: And yet this is backpage news. Gar Bear just doesn’t get it, eh? Nothing like announcing your extension right after pissing off your entire fan base and publicly humiliating a well-liked family man.
MV: He’s the worst thing that could happen to the NHL. He doesn’t understand fans and marketing. The league is built to be sleek and sexy, and he treats it like a backyard fistfight.
JB: Guess that poor wreck learned nothing from Stern during his time with the NBA.
MV: He needs to go. He needs to go right now.
JB: Like our boy, Calvin Johnson – farewell, sweet prince
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