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(Listen daily for the RP Commentary on the All New Hits 98 CKHD & LTD Radio)

 

It’s Tuesday and time for the Good, the Great & the Ugly!

 

First the good: I’ll say the Four Nations Faceoff NHL-sponsored tournament which opens Wednesday is good, but I’m not yet prepared to call it great. The old Canada Cups and World Cups were great, but I’m reserving judgment on how seriously the players take it before I say it’s great.

Yes, the players and coaches want to win. But at what cost? They used to go all-out in All Star Games 40 years ago but now they’re nothing more than a Sunday skate.

I suspect this will be somewhere in between.

We’ll see.

 

Next the great: RP Show viewers love football. No shock there! But when I mentioned football season ended with the Super Bowl, many were quick to point to the United Football League which is kicking off shortly.

Ya, no.

I used to get wayyyyy more into the spring leagues when there were coaches and players I knew personally. Now, not so much.

In fact the only guy left, I think, is former Rider coach Corey Chamblin but I can’t recall which team he’s with.

Ahhhh Chamb. The stories are endless.

Maybe I’ll get it into it, maybe I won’t. But for now a break from football is great.

 

And lastly the ugly: Video is circulating of a hockey dad in Washington State walking onto the ice and slamming two early-teen referees to the ground.

It’s deplorable. I reffed at that age and couldn’t imagine a parent doing something so bold.

Not only are people not smartening up, this stuff is getting worse.

What have I told you many times? People change but human nature does not and there’s just something in peoples’ brains when it comes to their kid’s sports that makes them snap.

At least now there’s video, and social media.

 

Fry ‘em.

 

That’s today’s Rod Pedersen Commentary.

 

(The Rod Pedersen Show airs daily at 12 pm & 4 pm ET on Game+TV, Podcast & YouTube Live)

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