Five members from Canada’s 2018 world junior team (Hart, McLeod, Dube, Foote and Formenton) told to surrender to police, facing sexual assault charges
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Aren’t sexual assault cases pretty hard to prove? Isn’t it going to come down to the guys saying she had a couple drinks and was willing vs the women saying she was raped and unwilling?
Most would probably be on the women’s side but unless there is some crazy evidence to prove it (maybe there is) isn’t it just a he said she said situation
Most would probably be on the women’s side but unless there is some crazy evidence to prove it (maybe there is) isn’t it just a he said she said situation
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Thanks but I wasn't some moral hero or anything. I just knew that I could get in a lot of trouble and I didn't want any of that. It was purely selfish. Regardless of motivations though, you know when you're in a bad situation.
Freedom of speech and freedom of consequences are 2 different things.
Exactly. Its fan who support the business, and there is no f***ing reason we have to stand with players after the fact.
They are entertainment products, and they are no longer marketable, on top of the fact they may be unable to get an American visa again considering they'd likely have to register as sex offenders.
Even if they were allowed to play again…
Like damn how do you just walk into a locker room after that …
Like damn how do you just walk into a locker room after that …
a locker room full of people like them
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Perhaps but they will have a black mark hanging over their careers. Not going to be easy to join a team after other players know what you did.
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Why does this happen every single time? We all know what it looks like, with the players, but HF wants to mitigate the risk of legal action. So we respect it, and frankly, we shut the f*** up. Its not that hard. There are other platforms that let you spew whatever you want, zero consequence. This isn't one of them.
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Not necessarily.
A criminal conviction will require proving beyond reasonable doubt that what happened was criminal.
A black mark/ black listing/ detrimental career effect only requires the public and/or management being convinced that what happened was immoral/unsavoury/objectionable enough that the PR damage and/or moral implications of positive public association outweigh the benefits they bring as hockey players.
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It's going to be real hard, however, if convictions hinder players' ability to cross borders.
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All hearsay and nothing has been confirmed. All ESPN is stating is who has gone on leave recently.
Exactly. Punishing Hockey Canada in such a way, punishes the IIHF. The Canadian market is their cash cow. Why would they punish themselves?
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There's guys on professional sports teams that have probably done worse but never had the women speak out or they got paid to keep quiet.
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