Article contentCONGRATS, CANADA — BUT SOCCER DIVING DEFINITELY SILLY
Re: Too ‘painful’ to watch, letter to the editor, June 28
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Congratulations to our Canadian “heroes” who did our country proud by advancing all the way to the Round of 16 at the World Cup.
But I have to agree with the letter writer who said this sport is just too painful to watch.
To see a professional athlete, after a slight nick, collapse to the pitch, rolling over and back, arms and legs flailing in the air with a face crying out with tortured agony from his apparent “injury”, is silly enough.
Then to see the same wounded, barely alive player, seconds later, pop back up and scoot down the field is purely farcical.
Seriously?
Perhaps we should call the game “The Beautiful Dive”.
STUART MURRAY
OTTAWA
AMERICAN WENT HOME — GET OVER IT
Re: Quit on Sens long time ago, letter to the editor, online, June 28
Yes, it’s over. Get over it.
Brady Tkachuk was an American playing in Ottawa until something better came along. Both his and his wife’s families all live in the U.S. He simply returned home.
Many people living here do not consider Canada their true home, either. So, leave.
Avid sports spectators need to acknowledge that players, regardless of the sport, are contract performers for profit and public amusement.
If you love the sport, get off your butt and play it.
Waving and roaring in the stands like trained seals is not participation. It is mass hysteria.
DYAN CROSS
OTTAWA
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