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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-10-31, Page 10M4 1 Lucknow Sentinel,, Wednesday, October 31, 1984 -Page .g *from, page, 6_ towards themselves and their families. Another 10 per cent quit because of *the attitudes of parents and coaches. towards officials. Thus nearly a third cited' hartass- merit in one form or another as their reason for leavingth ' 8010 Of Ther arients •.. . The third major recommendation in the report deals with the role of parents. Some parents, a minority, thankfully,'are aggres- : ` sive at games and encourage conduct which, under normal conditions they would deplore. At games, they can be heard imploring their youngster to hit, to fight or even shockingly, Yelling "kill him", They heap scorn on the referees and make" life miserable for the coaches and even for their own youngsters. The sociologists can debate the reasons for over aggressive play. These parents think: they are preparing: their boy to go the NHL or are merely reliving their On hopes and aspirations through their youngsters. What is obvious is that this kind' of •,; conduct causes many kids to quit hockey. •' In others, it instills ,intolerable attitudes, ' • • • • goalsand patterns of play.. Few boys will make it to • the NHL = probably less than One per cent. Mantel's port recommends educating. parents on what is expected of the players, the hilosephy of the coach, and the rules.:, lof - the , game couldimprovethe situation. greatly: Informing parents of how slim, the chances ace of reaching the Big Apple - the NHL - would help to foster a new. set of values in parents that would Moth help the players develop and - improve the value of the game as an, outstanding recreational activity. A better knowledge of the rules would, help the parentsunderstand the game better. . Organization A• final rec ommendatien of the' report is that -the government appoint a commission- ec of hockey with a mandate to establish a , hockey bodit; having "tie authority 'to co-ordinate all hockey in Ontario with the exception of professional- 'hockey. An umbrella or parent body to Bever•=:all of ,hockey -in Ontario would ensure coherent direction and efficient administration of all organized hockey in the province. Once the umbrella group is established ,the commissioner will be responsible for hockey development and administration in the: province,• with, the objective ...of establishing uniform programs for coach- es, referees and trainers. Government funding' would be•.provided for the • ro as re i owhich would he o improve skills sand , development, enhance - safety and .minimize accidents.. The creation of a single umbrella group would make a number of long overdue changes possible. : Changes would include: 1. education of coaches, referees, trainers; players and parents from the same .set of values 2. consistent rules and refereeing across the •province 3. more uniform skills trainingboth on and off the .ice 4,; mandatory , reporting of accidents, incidents and suspensions '°• S. -.consistent- enforcement of suspensions 6. control of the number of games played, . for optimum • educational and social devel- opment. Amateur. 'hockey officials, are . shirking • their responsibility to curb ,violence in the game, says Attorney General Roy. McMur- try. , But McMurtry . told the . legislature Friday despite the problem, government should "not play therole of Big Brother" by getting,. involved' in the'day-to-day operation of amateur sports. McMurtry was responding to questions froin NDP house leader Elie Martel, ,a critic of violence in amateur :hockey, who completed a task force report on hockey - violence, Play It Safe, which was released in July. Martel's report is highlighted in a•.' special report in today's Sentinel. • • Martel told the 'legislature that, an The 'response' from hockey officialsto public interest in the. • organization of the sport has never been particularly favour- able and, it was not favourable:in,th'pcase of the NDP hearings either. Indeed, says 'Martel in the report, to suggest brat hostility; Was ; enPenntered • from some of officials in the world of amaf eur hockey in Ontario, would be putting it mildly,, Throughout the hearings "thep olitics" among the various bodies in hockey in Ontario was evident. Some ' refused to participate, others 'Made only guarded comments. It .was l obvious that various. divisions were zealouslyguarding turf tor. empire).. It was obvious that no one spoke for hockey in Ontario as a ,whole. Hockey as organized ,•in Ontario i s,. at best, a leOse: group of 4askociationf Ironi which '• many involved; ' in hockey. -« are excluded without voice pr vote. ' •Maintainitng ,petty 'differences and •.pro- tecting 'power bases proved to' be. •more important than.'kids and hockey,' says the report. Martel coneedesit will take, some time '.Too .to :page 16• aniateur s: orts i'. freIVIir October' 7 bantam "hockey • game ' for 14 -year-olds in York left five boys ow one team injured, one of them supplied by the opposing team after four injuries had left the team shorthanded.. The injuries 'included two broken collar-> hones, a dislocated shoulder, a badly . • bruised shoulder and• severe facia) cuts caused by a high stick. only: one stretcher was available to take the • injuredplayers to hospital,` he said: ",They didn't have .a stretcher. for the second boy. 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