Sportsmanship should always be present

You know, no matter what the sport I always admire good sportsmanship on the ice/field/court. Players should be out there to work hard and play a tough game without making it in to a huge spectacle of fighting and swearing. At that point tempers run high and injuries are way more likely to occur (and I am living proof of that... hehehe). Yeah.... I become exponentially more intense as the cheap shots start flying.

Anyways, back to what I was saying. Sportsmanship: its important.

Now last weekend I went down to Anchorage for the Governor's Cup. It's basically the biggest hockey game series in the state between UAF and UAA. They play one game up here and we play one game up there. Rivalry games are amazing, they get even better when there is a massive trophy on the line! But on my way down to the game I was told about this article that was written in the UAA school newspaper, "The Northern Light."

You can read the article here.

It was the single worst article in terms of sportsmanship that I had ever read from a school newspaper. Or even any publication in general. Even if I didn't go to school up here at UAF I would have been appalled at the downright rudeness that was shown by these school writers. I mean, I understand the whole school spirit aspect and the fact that you want to win, but the amount of just downright unsportsmanlike content in that article made me want to gag. People like that truly just make me want to travel down there, find them, and punch them in the face (no I won't actually do it, but the thought is rather satisfying).

There is no need for such blatant bashing of any group of individuals. Ever.

So what I guess I would say to Megan Edge, Patrick McCormick, and Taylor Hall would be this: "I do hope you are proud of what you have published because I'm sure that is all the pride you will get. There is no pride gained from trying to make yourself sound superior, just a general sense of disappointment from your audience. And by the way, you talked all that smack and still ended up losing. I guess that's just karma."

Because we did win the cup. We won the first game 5-1, lost the second 4-1, and won the shootout 2-0. So do actually try to act somewhat sportsmanlike. It won't kill you and in the long run will make you look like a more respectable person in the process.

Speaking of sportsmanship I have a soccer game tonight and a broomball game on Tuesday. Playoffs have started! It ought to be fun :D

So now I'm off to get ready!