The players are a bunch of babies IMO. They are payed millions of dollars to play a game and they can't talk to the media? Come on, what a joke! Kessel played like crap and doesn't want to talk about it? Ship him out of town IMO. Yes, the media can be harsh but part of being a celebrity is dealing with the media. The media exists everywhere. Yes, it's extreme in Toronto but seriously these players need to get over themselves.
As someone who has never had to deal with any of that I'm sure you're a great source on how others deal with it.
There are lots of people who deal with the media every day and they are paid way less. Politicians for example. They deal with it. The players need to grow up. They want us to feel sorry for them? Come on! They make more in one season than most of us will make in our entire lives! Oh noes! Someone wrote an article about me that says I suck! Give me a break.
haha...and now imagine its not just one bad article but dozens, and you're giving years of your life and putting your health on the line almost nightly. You get asked the same stupid questions over and over, you have everything about how you go about your life questioned and examined in detail. You can't even really leave your house because you get hounded for autographs and pictures everywhere you go. Can't just go out to the bar, can't just go out for a movie, can't just go out to get groceries without fans who recognize you.
anyways...money aint everything. I must say I don't envy phil or dion. I don't envy kadri and how his dirty laundry got aired out a little bit at the end of the season last year. I don't want journalists calling my mother to get the latest on my injury or my wife getting skewered on twitter for no good reason.
Media can be an issue but fans can be way worse. And then they say Oh you need to take whatever ridiculous sleazebag thing I might do to you because I am paying your salary and you make stupid amounts of money.
ok...end of rant...please continue with your days!