News Article: Staples Center to be renamed starting December 25th

[KINGS17]

It should just be named "Cocaine" - no "Place" or "Forum" or "Dome" following the name. Just "Cocaine".

The Lakers are playing at "The Coke" tonight, or the Kings are playing at "The Coke" tonight. The first 1,000 fans in attendance get their very own $100 rolled up bill and a free line.

“It’s really the secret that everybody knows,” an anonymous former NHL player told The Athletic. “Guys are just popping molly on the weekends or before a team Halloween party or whatever.”

“Cocaine is a huge drug now,” Henrique told The Athletic. “It seems so casual, that it’s not a big deal; like having a beer almost, which is kinda scary. Where does it stop?”
One executive went as far as telling The Athletic that rumors of top NHL stars “developing a reputation” for using the drugs are “rampant.”

Our heroes, eh.

 

[Choralone]

"The Eroded Septum" has a nice ring to it, now that I ponder it more.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Leave it to Los Angeles to have one of their arenas named after a money laundering website.

It's the ghost of Mcnall!

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

The Lakers are playing at "The Coke" tonight, or the Kings are playing at "The Coke" tonight. The first 1,000 fans in attendance get their very own $100 rolled up bill and a free line.

“It’s really the secret that everybody knows,” an anonymous former NHL player told The Athletic. “Guys are just popping molly on the weekends or before a team Halloween party or whatever.”

“Cocaine is a huge drug now,” Henrique told The Athletic. “It seems so casual, that it’s not a big deal; like having a beer almost, which is kinda scary. Where does it stop?”
One executive went as far as telling The Athletic that rumors of top NHL stars “developing a reputation” for using the drugs are “rampant.”

Our heroes, eh.

"The secret that everybody knows" is right, I mean, how quickly did the Kings and NHL sweep the Vegas trip under the rug?

 

[Stimpythecat]

The NHL will never want to bring illegal controlled substance use up to the front burner because US immigration is not on board with it. The NHL doesn't want it talked about. Any admission of illegal controlled substance use is grounds to deny entry into the US. It takes 6 months to obtain an entry ban waiver or visa drug issues- at minimum. In a league where 74% of the players are not US citizens, that would open a can of worms no one wants.

In an email exchange, Customs and Border Protection public affairs officer Mike Milne quoted from the controlled substances section of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act, which says someone is “inadmissible” to the U.S. if he has either been “convicted of” or “admits having committed” a violation of drug laws in the U.S. or elsewhere.
When pressed to clarify, Milne highlighted the words “admits having committed” and “inadmissible” in bright yellow. Translation: the admission of crack use is itself grounds for refusing a foreigner entry.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford could be denied entry to U.S.

 

[deaderhead28]

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

so weird to see

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

 

[kingsholygrail]

The Lakers are playing at "The Coke" tonight, or the Kings are playing at "The Coke" tonight. The first 1,000 fans in attendance get their very own $100 rolled up bill and a free line.

“It’s really the secret that everybody knows,” an anonymous former NHL player told The Athletic. “Guys are just popping molly on the weekends or before a team Halloween party or whatever.”

“Cocaine is a huge drug now,” Henrique told The Athletic. “It seems so casual, that it’s not a big deal; like having a beer almost, which is kinda scary. Where does it stop?”
One executive went as far as telling The Athletic that rumors of top NHL stars “developing a reputation” for using the drugs are “rampant.”

Our heroes, eh.

Now? I wasn't aware Cocaine stopped being popular.