Quoting: mondo
lol you think i'm serious
my actual opinion is here: https://www.capfriendly.com/forums/thread/649921/5/
Quoting: mondo
People want him banned from hockey because "something he did when he was 14-years-old" was something he was convicted for in juvenile court; and something that he showed no remorse for unless said remorse would gain him access to further his career, something the magistrate in his case concluded.
This isn't some "slippery slope" case where we need to feel obligated to dig into the background of every NHL player to find something to "cancel" them. There is a clear legal violation and condemnation of this kid's behaviour and there are clear indications that he has shown no remorse and no growth for his actions; and he's multiple opportunities to rectify this. He only apologized to Isaiah Meyer-Crothers over Instagram this year, six years after he was in court. Unless you want to be skeptical to the point of naivety, it's obvious this apology was done to check off a box on a list in order to get an NHL contract.
Also, his volunteer work was 24 and a half hours. You need more volunteer work to graduate high school. His cultural sensitivity and counselling should be the bare minimum to have a good standing back into society and not to earn and NHL contract.
Hundreds of kids get drafted into the NHL and not everyone ends up with a contract (let alone one with maxed performance bonuses). Nearly all of those other kids are able to get through their teenage years without systematically abusing a classmate, what makes Miller so deserving of a contract? His "second chance" is to put this behind him, learn from it and contribute to society in a meaningful way; this incident should be a barrier to him making the NHL. The precedent should be set for Miller and everyone after him - if you end up convinced in juvenile court for bullying a classmate, you shouldn't make the NHL.
You made some good points here, but this final sentence reaffirms my worry about this case. People’s desire to ban him does not come from his lack of remorse, or the little work he has done on himself to improve. But instead comes from the action itself.
What if he was 12? Or even 10 or 8 years old? If banning him works for NHL, should it not work for other organizations and industries? Should he ever be able to work again? Rent a house? Lease a car? Marry a wife?
I do not think this approach serves society well at all. If we want to make long-term improvements, we must educate and correct our wrongful actions. To do that, we must practice acceptance and forgiveness.
As Abraham Lincoln once said, “Mercy bears richer fruits than justice.”