Comments on: Alex Frolov tells Russian media that Sean Avery used racist remarks to agitate opponents

By: bikey1277

bikey1277 — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 04:32:06 +0000

Wow. So much love for Avery. I am truly surprised by some comments. And Mr. Yeardon, you are way too easy on the guy in the article. If I use the word in a basketball game I’d get the crap beaten out of me. If a player in the NBA uses the word in a game he’d get crucified by the media and possibly suspended as well. Avery is smarter now than he was years ago, but he is still the same jerk he was. He’s just a jerk with better timing. Ask Ladislav Smid about Avery’s timing. It was perfect. Avery decked him half a second after he took his eyes off of Avery. Class act. And a racist. At least a part time racist.

By: icelovinbrotha215

icelovinbrotha215 — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 04:29:55 +0000

How can you say its only a word? You are smarter than that. And are NBA players the only black people in America? I’m sure not EVERY black person in the NBA uses the word. But when blacks use the word it seems to enable people like you who think its okay to use it. I’m black and I refuse to use the word just because of people like you. When some people murder does it make it okay for everyone else to start doing the same? C’mon dude. Be part of the solution. Not the problem.

By: nolliabed

nolliabed — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:26:34 +0000

So I guess only NBA players can use the word “n!gger”……….because they do and they do all day everyday and no one and I mean no one says anything about it. In fact, from what I’ve seen over the last 40 yrs. is you can only be a racist if your white. I know of several black people who are huge racist but no one has the guts to call them out.
Look people it’s only a word and if I want to use it I should be able to just like everyone else. Oh wait, I guess not because I’m white???????????
Only minorities can do and say what they want. Say what you want, but it’s the truth.

By: derpdederpdederp

derpdederpdederp — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:02:30 +0000

not surprising at all

By: nyncsports

nyncsports — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:25:02 +0000

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me. Avery your the Man. The Rangers better not get rid of him

By: cannonblast14

cannonblast14 — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:50:34 +0000

stakex. Beer league is not considered “compedative hockey”. Sorry. Im not saying that harsh things arent said on the ice, they obviously are. But i feel that just about every NHL player has enough class to find alternatives than race. Maybe not in your crap league because you are probably in the classless group saying racist remarks.
Stay classy stakex.

By: icelovinbrotha215

icelovinbrotha215 — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 02:40:51 +0000

@stakex, who exactly is calling you ‘honkey?’ Unless you play in an all-black league, then idky anyone of a minority would resort to calling you that. And yes, people have said worse things but doesn’t make it anymore less offensive. You wouldn’t understand. Nor do I expect ya to. But until you have been in the shoes of someone who is usually the only one of his/her kind in the rink, it’s tough to take your opinion with any weight.

By: stakex

stakex — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:53:28 +0000

Spoken like someone who has quite obviously never played compedative hockey. As someone who actually has played hockey for a lot of years I can strait up tell you that your so wrong its not even funny. I’ve heard more then my fair share of slurs during my time playing… so clearly your assumption that “just about every hockey player has enough class to find a better alternative that race” is quite wrong. The reason you don’t see more reports like this has only to do with the fact there are so few minority players in the NHL. If there was more, it would be much more common… and you better believe they go the other way as well (I’ve been called a “honkey” on the ice more then once).

If you have never played the game at a higher level then your local D league, its tough to understand exactlly what its like on the ice. You can’t imagine some of the things that get said on the ice. In fact, calling someone a monkey is pretty tame compared to some of the crap you hear.

By: cannonblast14

cannonblast14 — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:31:09 +0000

Theres better more appropriate ways to trash talk and i think just about every hockey player has enough class to find better alternatives than race.

By: grudenthediva

grudenthediva — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:46:00 +0000

Spoken like a true WASP male whom has likely never endured a hint of prejudice in his entire life.

By: icelovinbrotha215

icelovinbrotha215 — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:47:23 +0000

I wouldn’t go that far and say it’s not racism. Racism still exists today. You can get under someone’s skin without addressing their ethnicity. Hockey players can chirp with the best of them. If someone blurts out racial slurs that speaks volumes about the person. Does it automatically mean they are racist? No. But you have all the reason to question someone when they talk that way. A bad tree cannot bear good fruit a wise man once said. That adage still holds true today.

By: icelovinbrotha215

icelovinbrotha215 — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:43:08 +0000

Its the effect of spur of the moment. When you are in a middle of a game you aren’t think, ‘Man, someone might call a n$#@%^ or a monkey.’ You are focused on the game. So when you hear someone utter such hurtful words it erks ya nerves. I’ve been on the receiving end of slur attacks and it does get my blood a’boiling ha. It one just has to work on self-control.

By: stakex

stakex — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:02:58 +0000

This kind of talk happens on the ice ALL THE TIME… and its suppose to stay on the damn ice. You have any idea how often I hear slurs, racist comments, and out right dirty stuff when I play? A whole lot… but once your off the ice it never happened, and all is forgiven. Thats how its suppose to be.

Did Avery say this? Probably… and you better believe hes not the only one. Trash talking with anything you possibly can to get to someone is part of hockey. Its not racism, and its not personal. Don’t read anything into this.

By: stakex

stakex — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:58:13 +0000

Exactlly. We all know there are people out there who will hate you for your race, religion, gender, or sexual orentation… so why is it a shock to people when they hear a slur? Not to mention that just because someone uses a slur, does not mean they are a racist. When your trying to piss someone off, your going to say what ever will do that… and thats clearly all Avery was doing. Its no big deal.

By: icelovinbrotha215

icelovinbrotha215 — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:55:44 +0000

Its called spur of the moment. When you play a sport and are of the minority, you hear it non-stop. And it just takes one time for you to snap. As a Black who plays ice hockey and lacrosse, I can see why Avery would use racist slurs to rile up his opponents.

By: philk0731

philk0731 — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:52:45 +0000

Haha…I like Avery even more now

By: lloydcarr1997

lloydcarr1997 — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:30:57 +0000

I’ve never understood why people get worked up when someone says something raciest. There is not a single thing you could say to me about my race religion or sexuality that could get me worked up.