O'Byrne Arrested

[amerks127]

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=229676&hubname=

Jean Beliveau, Yvan Cournoyer and Henri Richard don't seem to be happy campers.

[Jacob '06]

[quote amerks127]http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=229676&hubname=

Jean Beliveau, Yvan Cournoyer and Henri Richard don't seem to be happy campers.[/quote]

They probably did stuff just as bad, but it was in Canada and the press wouldn't dare say anything or it was in the US and nobody cared.

[Rosey]

[quote amerks127]http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=229676&hubname=

Jean Beliveau, Yvan Cournoyer and Henri Richard don't seem to be happy campers.[/quote]
I imagine that at their advanced ages, their "Get off my lawn!" quotient is very high.  Pretty much every generation thinks the next generation is a bunch of slackers and nogoodniks.

Kyle

[nr53]

[quote Jacob '06]
They probably did stuff just as bad, but it was in Canada and the press wouldn't dare say anything or it was in the US and nobody cared.[/quote]

[quote article]
None of the three greats would go into any detail about what exactly the old time rookie initiation entailed. They did say it usually occurred on lengthy trips by train to other cities and involved food, booze and some other unmentionable acts.

"It was a crazy initiation," said Richard with a mischievous smile.
[/quote]

That would seem to sum it up. Sounds like someone just got caught this time or things were taken a bit too far.

[Josh '99]

[quote nr53][quote Jacob '06]
They probably did stuff just as bad, but it was in Canada and the press wouldn't dare say anything or it was in the US and nobody cared.[/quote]

[quote article]
None of the three greats would go into any detail about what exactly the old time rookie initiation entailed. They did say it usually occurred on lengthy trips by train to other cities and involved food, booze and some other unmentionable acts.

"It was a crazy initiation," said Richard with a mischievous smile.
[/quote]

That would seem to sum it up. Sounds like someone just got caught this time or things were taken a bit too far.[/quote]After reading the article, it seems like the title is somewhat misleading.  They seem to be as bothered by the fact that the rookies had to buy an expensive dinner as they are by the arrests.

[jeh25]

[quote KeithK]It is very much funny when a professional athlete making hundreds of thousands of dollars gets caught committing petty theft.  It's probably not going to ruin his life and it most certainly won't ruin the victim's life.  So why not laugh at the absurdity of it?[/quote]

Boys will be boys, Keith? C'mon. You can do better.

[KeithK]

[quote jeh25][quote KeithK]It is very much funny when a professional athlete making hundreds of thousands of dollars gets caught committing petty theft.  It's probably not going to ruin his life and it most certainly won't ruin the victim's life.  So why not laugh at the absurdity of it?[/quote]

Boys will be boys, Keith? C'mon. You can do better.[/quote]
Not quite.  Go ahead and arrest and convict him.  Sentence him to probation and community service (which I imagine is probably what he'd get for something lie this).  But it's still funny.