NHL San Jose Sharks sued for youth hockey improper behavior

[sadday4hockey]

Huge question here.

Do these NHL teams decide to distance themselves from this now or........... is there so much money being made that they will continue to expose themselves to this liability?

https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-sharks-sued-over-child-sex-abuse-cover-up/

 

[nemesis8679]

14 minutes ago, sadday4hockey said:

Huge question here.

Do these NHL teams decide to distance themselves from this now or........... is there so much money being made that they will continue to expose themselves to this liability?

https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-sharks-sued-over-child-sex-abuse-cover-up/

 

Crazy how the parents called him a creep and a pedophile, and the inappropriateness was well-known. But yet, still had their kids playing there.

Ah, the allure of an nhl team logo on your uniform.

[Lifelongbender]

18 hours ago, nemesis8679 said:

Crazy how the parents called him a creep and a pedophile, and the inappropriateness was well-known. But yet, still had their kids playing there.

Ah, the allure of an nhl team logo on your uniform.

@nemesis8679 this is a common thread in all the cases you hear about. They often involve well-known coaches or organizations who parents think can help their kids go somewhere.

This is not only horrifying but also unbelievable. You'd think that with all that has gone on in recent years in hockey across the country - and the media visibility of the big cases - at least the pro organizations would insist on proper responses to these things. I mean you'd think they'd do the right thing in these cases for human reasons, but certainly they have substantial incentives to do the right things for business reasons.

[Pucks11]

1 hour ago, Lifelongbender said:

@nemesis8679 this is a common thread in all the cases you hear about. They often involve well-known coaches or organizations who parents think can help their kids go somewhere.

This is not only horrifying but also unbelievable. You'd think that with all that has gone on in recent years in hockey across the country - and the media visibility of the big cases - at least the pro organizations would insist on proper responses to these things. I mean you'd think they'd do the right thing in these cases for human reasons, but certainly they have substantial incentives to do the right things for business reasons.

Just like in Pittsburgh the pro organization really has nothing to do with the Jr teams besides letting them use their names, colors and logos. It's considered a non profit and used as a write-off.

[nemesis8679]

4 hours ago, Pucks11 said:

Just like in Pittsburgh the pro organization really has nothing to do with the Jr teams besides letting them use their names, colors and logos. It's considered a non profit and used as a write-off.

Nothing to do with them? Oh, besides using their name and their logo. That's enough for me.

[Jkersman01]

4 hours ago, Pucks11 said:

Just like in Pittsburgh the pro organization really has nothing to do with the Jr teams besides letting them use their names, colors and logos. It's considered a non profit and used as a write-off.

Actually this isn’t accurate. They have a good bit to do with them. They own them and run them. They generally just hire ‘jr team’ staff so the big boys don’t have to deal with any of it. They only deal with what they want, or need, to deal with.