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From: [email protected] (Jonathan Barrett)
Subject: Re: Too Many Europeans in NHL
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[email protected] (Richard John Rauser) writes:
> Okay, the stretcher remark was a little carried away. But the point is that
>I resent NHL owners drafting all these Europeans INSTEAD of Canadians (and
>some Americans). It denies young Canadians the opportunity to play in THEIR
>NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE and instead gives it to Europeans, who aren't even
>better hockey players. It's all hype. This "European mystique" is sickening,
>but until NHL owners get over it, Canadian and American players will continue
>to have to fight harder to get drafted into their own league.
According to what reasonable principle of justice does standing in intimate
geographical and psychological relations to a league give one some privileged
right to play in it?
A European