Excellent ending to an article in today's National Post....
College sports programs also exist in a larger environment where young men have more opportunities to develop their personalities.
Junior hockey can be a rather isolating experience, precisely at a time when boys becoming men should be broadening their horizons. Isolation also can provide cover for the dark side of elite sports. Colleges are not immune from that, but immersed in a broader environment, it is at least more likely that others are watching.
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