I honestly don't mind the politics involved in this, it's just the loaded questions towards players that's annoying. I'm fine with other countries calling others out using sports as a microphone, I also think I'm in the minority in this though.
I can separate a player to the countries problem though, and I know that's where it gets dicey. You can ask a player a question about off-ice/field/pitch stuff but we've all heard some athletes talk...they aren't politicians, lawyers, or activists for a reason. It's not fair to them to push something they don't know/care about, but if a player wants to speak out on a subject, I'm all for it. Use your platform, but if you do you need to be prepared for backlash or punishment (Irving, Kanye are recently examples).
So ya for me, use your platform IF you want to (organizations, countries, players). Reporters/media pushing a platform isn't fair in most cases. I also don't think media pushing their platform by asking a player a question is the same though. If a reporter gets in front of a camera and owns the attention then ok different.
And I'm rambling and derailing lol.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
Tunisia up 1-0 with 20min (plus injury) left in the game.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
what a dramatic end. Absolutely incredible.
So happy for Tunisia, that's a massive win for that country, despite not advancing!
Big upset for Denmark also!
Amazing morning of soccer
WOW!!!! Did not see France going down. Great job by Tunisia.
So far I am really off about Poland. No need for Lewandowski if you play the whole half in your end. How long before Argentina scores. I didn’t think that was a penalty, the contact happened after the bad header by Messi. Football gods on high alert there.
Call me old one more time.
- Roy Kent
Mex 2 SA 0
Arg 2 Pol 0
with 30 mins to play both Mexico and Poland are tied in everything except cards. Poland has 4 yellows Mexico 7 yellows so Mexico would be out of it stays. All this hard work just to play France next round lol. What a way to be eliminated though. Methinks there’s more to come though, Mexico and Argentina looking for 3rd goals.
Call me old one more time.
- Roy Kent
What the hell is going on, crazy games here.
Call me old one more time.
- Roy Kent
Some interesting games. Messi played a great game for Argentina. Too bad about the penalty miss but it was a solid strike and great save.
10 Owner Keepers. Keep 8
Positions----C:3 LW:3 RW:3 D:6 G:2
Skaters: Assists/Blocks/FOW/Goals/Hits/SOG/STP
*Defense premium 1.5/1 Goalies: GA/SV/W
Kootenay League
C: Draisaitl(c,l), Zibanejad, Beniers, Nelson
RW:Meier(l,r), Kyrou, Tippett, D.Stome(c,r), Stone
LW: Tkachuk(l,r), Panarin, McCann(c,l), Marchessault(l,r),
D: Josi, McAvoy, Morrissey, Montour, Toews, Hronek, Severson, Orlov
G: Gustavsson, Kuemper, Gibson
Wow, just wow! Another incredible finish today.
At one point it was Costa Rica and Japan advancong, which would have been historical.
These final matches in all groups have been super intense. Loving every minute of it.
And now we get to the fun part.
More craziness in this World Cup with South Korea scoring during stoppage time against Portugal to get to the knockout phase.
It really feels like no football giant is safe in Qatar. To me, only Brazil has looked like a step ahead in their group... but let's see how that goes this afternoon.
Points-only keeper league. 12 teams. Keep any 12 players. Dress 12F - 6D - 2G.
They always fun to watch wish I could have seen the game.
Hopefully I can find a stream to watch the Brazil game at work.
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