Rhetorical Analysis Of Hockey Immoral By Edward Mcclelland

“The action got progressively rougher.” Unfortunately this is how many of the incidents started off. Deacon tell and describes many little stories about rink rage and how much of an issue it is becoming. He tells an incident at a peewee game where “hotheaded” fans were not pleased about penalty call on a player from Delhi, they

What would you say if I told you that hockey was no longer Canada's national sport? Although it seems that it is on a professional level, where the game and Canada has progressed to become bigger, faster and stronger than ever, this could not be less true compared to the game we all grew up loving. Yes, the game that many grew up on, playing minor hockey and developing lifelong friendships through countless hours on the ice has become less popular in recent years due to many reasons, one major one being cost. Through the alarming costs of equipment and minor hockey that are needed to play organized hockey, it is looking like Hockey is not so much Canada's national sport, but rather one played mostly by the rich.

Throughout these genres, my main argument has been to get rid of fighting in professional hockey. Many will say that I am wrong, and that the game would not be the same without fights, that the enforcer is a crucial role in the game. My counter-argument is simple: have someone who does not follow the sport try to name the two players pictured above. Just about every person will get the first one right: Wayne Gretzky. He’s the “you don’t miss a shot if you don’t take it” guy, and probably the only hockey player that everyone has heard of one time or another. The other? I am willing to bet no one gets that one. That player would be Tiger Williams, who played 14 seasons in the NHL, most notably for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Diehard fans

There are similar expressions used like “roughing and slashing”. Canadians love fighting too. Winnings and losing is important in both hockey and cock-fighting. Winners celebrate, losers are depressed. Hockey brings Canadians together.

In the wake of Colin Kaepernick’s decision not to stand during the playing of the United State national anthem, a ripple effect has been felt throughout the world of sports the past week. Kaepernick’s actions have caused reactions both in support and in condemnation from professional sports athletes, the military, police, and President Barack Obama. With the World Cup of Hockey taking place, a notable name from the sport has taken an opportunity to add his opinion to the controversial issue. It was not in favor of Kaepernick’s stance on social justice. USA Hockey Coach John Tortorella told ESPN’s Linda Cohn ahead of the World Cup of Hockey that, “If any of my players sit on the bench for the national anthem, they will sit there the rest of the game.” Tortorella, coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets, has a son who is a member of the Army Rangers. “I know these are hockey games…but I do look at it like it’s for my country,” Tortorella said. Tortorella later states that players are

A nations identity is a way for all its common citizens to unite together, and for a country as young as Canada, its identity is often not complete and is ever changing. Social trends and beliefs are constantly evolving and therefore have an impact on how the rest of the world views Canada. However, sports have been a staple in the Canadian identity for over 100 years, but even sports aren’t impermeable to changing times. Over the last 18 years there has been a steady decline in sport participation across all age groups in Canada and to keep the soul of Canada intact it is important to keep funding the sports industry because the growing disinterest in sports puts a main factor of the Canadian identity at risk. Using public tax dollars to build

In the article ‘Does Hockey deserve such a plum posting?’ by Janet Albrechtsen (The Australian, October 21, 2-15, pg. 12) it is argued that former treasurer Joe Hockey does not deserve the ambassador posting in Washington D.C. Albrechtsen utilises argument devices such as appeals to ethos, logos and pathos, language devices such rhetorical questioning, word choice, hyperboles and graphics, and structure to persuade the reader of her argument.

Pascual Restrepo writes an article in the Sunday Review of the New York Times that discusses the connection between violence and history. Restrepo explores the history of Canada and its laws that were put into place when people began to settle in Canada. The Royal Canadian Mounter Police, commonly called Mounties, established forts across Canada that enforced laws and controlled violence. These forts were spread out, but did not reach all of the settlements. These areas outside of the reach of the Mountie forts were similar to the “Wild West” in the United States, and demonstrated self-justice. Restrepo used this information to see if there was a connection between the history of violence and today’s violence by looking at professional hockey

From creating the first ever Montreal Gazette, to influencing the NHL, and making its’ way into the Olympics, Canada had created a game that became one of the most popular universal sports across North America and Europe, ice hockey. Hockey players around the world have all been said to credit their success to “Canadian Way”. These Canadian men who were devoted to the game, had influenced many others to have a love and compassion for something that was much more than just a sport. Prior to the first ever-indoor game of hockey, the sport was originally a casual game played outdoors on grass with its roots in Ancient Greece, Persia and Egypt.

During this seminar, in reaction to this article, we spoke upon important questions about on multiculturalism of being important to Canada in 2017, the idea of multiculturalism being symbolized in Canada, and multiculturalism being Canadas identity. In the article we also looked at how hockey there’s no multiculturalism in hockey. Hockey is still seen as the white man’s game and individuals that find anything to change this find is bizarre and very funny. Furthermore the context in the article made this seem

“The actors are gamely delivering their lines in another revival of the world's most shopworn drama.” These are the words the author of the Globe & Mail editorial “No, you really don’t have to subsidize an NHL team” has chosen to introduce the article. Strong words that are meant to introduce, and summarize what he believes to be a large issue in the Calgary community. The article focuses on the negotiations between the city of Calgary and the Calgary Flames, an NHL franchised hockey team. The author offers a persuasive argument that uses examples and quotations to appeal to various aspects of the readers thinking patterns. These aspects include, the logical, emotional, and the credible ways that humans develop thoughts. Using these three

Hockey: Yes, of course I play hockey...and OF COURSE I root for Canadian players. No I’m not a professional fighter, you get kicked out of the league for

With each view having different ideologies when viewing an image, the artist in this case has left the power of his influence up to the value of the viewer. “Ideologies are produced and affirmed through the social institutions that characterize a given society, such as the family, education, medicine, the law, the government, the entertainment industry, among others” (p.23). As a hockey player and coach, I would view this image of a hockey fight as a natural progression of the game. If a person, ignorant to the game of hockey viewed this image, they may take offense or even be upset with the turn of events of the game. It is interesting that the there are a series of pictures called the “Hockey Game” created by Warhol, not all at the same game but showing different events of a game through this TV screen. I think the power of the series would give a viewer a much more vivid image or representation of hockey than the one specific image I choose a given instance in time.

Fighting in hockey is often a polarizing topic. Hockey is a unique game, in which fights extract a loud ovation from the spectators. Fans attend for a variety of reasons. Attendance at NHL games has been increasing in recent years. Goal scoring and violence are the two main factors fans associate with professional ice hockey. Violence occurs in hockey through body checks, slashes and the most popular form, fighting. Violence and fighting have been shown to have a positive impact on attendance. Violence is measured as the average number of penalty minutes. Penalties are broken down into two categories: major and minor. The National Hockey League has taken the opposite stance with a fan-favorite attribute, violence, and they have attempted to decrease the amount of fighting through such rules such as the “instigator”. The instigator is known as a player whom the officials blame to have started the fight. “Recent research on the National Hockey League (NHL) has focused on treating violence as a “goods characteristic”, an attribute of the product deliberately fostered by teams to generate revenue” (Jones, Stewart & Sunderman, 1996). Specifically, one goods characteristic hypothesis is that there is a direct positive relationship between violence and game attendance (Jones, Stewart & Sunderman, 1996). Hence, there is a positive relationship between violence and revenue. The NHL tolerates more violence than any other league includes the NFL and NBA. However, the

The frequent fighting tradition in the armature and professional Ice Hockey has been a part of the sport for many centuries and the fans love it when individuals or teams fight. Contrary to popular belief, fighting is punishable in the game although tolerated. The fines are minor, commonly five minutes out of the game. This situation is different in other sports where fighting attracts suspension, ejection, and huge fines. The fighting culture in Ice Hockey goes by the name “the code” in what officials say is allowing the game to police itself by making somebody pay the consequences of doing something bad. Some fights are light while others are serious and lead to spilling of blood and harm to body parts. Since the early 1900s, fighting in the sport has been on the decline as the game develops and more rules are put in place to protect players.