Wow, maybe the NHL should get some thugs or a unfaithful refs or some goalies that are into killing

This is ridcoiuls all i see when i turn on the TV is

stupid s hit about some star quater back or some baseball player or some gambling going on in the NBA i can not stand it, it does not make sense to me why people would watcht these ungreatful thug as s fools on TV instead of good sports men like hockey players WHY????????????

Wow, maybe the NHL should get some thugs or a unfaithful refs or some goalies that are into killing dogs..?nba mock draft

It's just like I answered in a previous question and what Puckdat said......average people are into simplistic things. It's why Britney Spears sells and classical doesn't...it takes too much thinking to understand more complex things. The "thug" culture that you all stated is simplistic, and thus more people will fall into it. Hockey takes knowledge and two skills.....that of being able to play it, and then the ability to do that while on skates. Not as easy as getting a ball and throwing it around.

Wow, maybe the NHL should get some thugs or a unfaithful refs or some goalies that are into killing dogs..?nba scores ,nba teams

Touche. I love hockey and I have found your ether into it or you not. I have Friends who dis it, saying all they do is fight all the time. I blame the media, because they love to show the fights and make fun. It is my favorite sport. Players are friendlier and are willing to sign autographs [for free] and take photos with there fans. Its full of action,grace,and skill. Remember all ways keep your stick on the ice.
Now thats a hell of a point. Hockey does deserve more coverage on tv. But untill Betmann stops ******* the leauge up, they wont. They need a contract to have hockey back on espn. They would get more coverage. As for the thug coverage, thats true. They dont deserve all this coverage, at least not half of it. But, when it is one of the highest paid players in the NFL, well, thats not going to go away unforutenitly.
This sh!t is pissing me off. ESPN, STOP BEING GAY!!! Bettman better put hockey back on espn, or I'm gonna get even more pissed.
Thats true, more NBA,MLB and NFL scandals than NHL scandals. USA likes football, baseball and basketball more than hockey so there is lots of coverage for those sports. Here in Canada we see lots of hockey news but nothing more than the odd scandal. The average hockey player has more respect for rules than a football player etc. but NFL,NBA, and MLB are bigger in the states and so players are more competitive and take steroids etc.. If your a hockey player for Florida Panthers, seriously is there much pressure to win.
The hockey world has had it鈥檚 share of controversy over the years. We have had many players and true-fans fall prey to drug-abuse, gambling, alcoholism, etc鈥?

Don鈥檛 get me wrong. 鈥?I am not sticking up for other pro-sports and I do GET your points but we are no angels. Our records are not squeaky-clean.

Still 鈥?pound for pound (other then WG) more hockey players and fans (opposed to other sports) come through for their local communities or personal issues more often, and with more passion and unselfishness. %26lt;--- Maybe you should focus on this issue instead of attempting to sell an unblemished image.
The most common scandal in hockey over the years seems to be drinking and driving. While I am in no way trying to diminish just how serious this crime is, it is one that you seem to see the average Joe commit. Hockey players, even those with huge salaries, seem to be more down-to-earth and able to handle the life of a professional athlete. A friend of mine went to the airport after the Sens beat out Buffalo and the players she met - including Alfie - were courteous enough to let her know where they were going that evening and to introduce her to other players (and no, it's not what you're thinking - she's forty and no supermodel). We have a great sport with many true gentlemen playing it , especially now that we're rid of Yashin. It's unfortunate that major American networks won't give it a fair chance.
Same reason rap and the gangsta culture sells. The average Joe is a moron.
It's a double standard. If there was a hockey player who had done any of these things the sports world would just use it as a reason to hate hockey even more.

Even though nobody likes to admit it, hockey players have the best sportsmanship of any league in the world. NBA, MLB, and NFL players are all spoiled brats while hockey players are more humble and actually love playing hockey.
That is VERY true, I noticed that on ESPN, all I would hear is all about the Yankees, when they were 12 1/2 games behind the Red Sox. All the sports channels that are national, just talk about all that bull. I try to only watch local sports channels, because they actually talk about teams that matter to me, not all this crud you see on ESPN. It seems like ESPN is trying to appeal to the females, and gossip loving people instead of the diehard sports fans.
Good point
Because this crap sells and that's all the media is concerned about. It's disgusting, I know.
Hockey is just not as big as those sports so if a player were to do some of the bad things other sports stars do it'd just be frowned upon and people would continue to look down on it. It's ridiculous that a hockey player injuring another player is worse than killing dogs or raping underage girls. And why is bonds home run record important if he was on steroids the whole time but Sosa's records were questioned for the accidental use of a corked bat.(i'll give him the benefit of the doubt)

It also doesn't help that hockey players are not as presentable as other athletes. Usually not the best looking and not great talkers if it be because they're shy, foreign or just Canadian. ;P
Perhaps, but this is one reason I actually like the NHL's under-the-radar status.

Hockey's exposure on ESPN is limited to two minutes on SportsCenter for the occasional highlight or dead horse-beating on how barbaric of a sport they portray it to be (F them), but I like the fact that the sport isn't so overblown, unlike the NFL. Yeah, Michael Vick is a douche, but it's a one-day story. That's it. Same thing with Big Ben's motorcycle crash last year. I get sick of how much time is put into these kinds of stories.