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t1_j1c2btm wrote

So it turns out hockey culture is rotten as hell. At least Canadian hockey culture appears to be.

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t1_j1c5zxc wrote

The NHL has been making a top down effort (in a bland corporate sort of way) but these guys are coming up in a system full of the worst sort of sports bro culture. Especially in Canada where they're equivalent to high level highschool/college football players in the US in terms of social privilege and protection.

It's been interesting to watch this subculture acknowledging its issues and trying to change, though. Not going great at this stage but it is going.

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t1_j1cevyo wrote

Yes it does seem similar to college football. It will take a top down long term effort to fix this problem.

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t1_j1buzqo wrote

Where else could the money come from? What other income do they have?

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t1_j1c2lii wrote

> The financial statements show that, for the first time, Hockey Canada has had to include a previously undisclosed fund — the Participants Legacy Trust Fund — in its audited financial report, which showed its balance was $7.5 million as of June.

From the article.

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t1_j1ckqxp wrote

The players should take off their gloves and fight for their registration fees back.

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t1_j1cq4z8 wrote

It isn't the players who are paying usually, but their parents.

Which is why so many are upset.

They are literally the ones footing the bill to cover up sexual assault.

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