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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors
But if a captain breaks a long-standing tradition, let's not pretend that everyone's going to ignore it.
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As we know from the evidence, it does not appear that he broke the tradition. He was just late to the line.
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In any case, why are people surprised by the conversation or backlash? Whenever an athlete does something in another sport that is perceived as "less than classy," people go nuts. A baseball player admires his home run, a football player dances after a sack, a basketball player pounds his chest after a dunk, a whole college football team dances on someone else's logo. At first glance, those are no more disrespectful to the opponent than a hockey captain not shaking his counterpart's hand after a series.
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Count me as somebody who doesn't care if a baseball player admires his homerun. As far as I am concerned, don't let him hit one if you don't want him admiring it. If you don't like what a guy does after a dunk, don't let him dunk on you...etc. I may not like somebody for their choice to engage in that, but that doesn't mean I believe they should not be able to do that. I despise anti-taunting rules/penalties in professional sports.