Dim Star in Dallas

The National Hockey League has decided today that using your position as a professional athlete to prove your "masculinity" by verbally trashing a woman will not be tolerated .

Dallas Stars player, Sean Avery was suspended today indeinfitely for seeking out a camera in order to deal with his own insecurities. Calling an opponent’s current girlfriend his "sloppy seconds" in an interview caused outrage today in Calgary, AB Canada as well as strongly worded statements from the hockey community. Nothing like trying to prove your "manliness" by putting down your ex-girlfriend in public for no apparent reason.

I do like that the NHL didn’t hesitate to suspend Avery, and how the team owner, Tom Hicks seconded the decision, stating, "I completely support the league’s decision to suspend Sean Avery. Had the league not have suspended him, the Dallas Stars would have. This organization will not tolerate such behavior, especially from a member of our hockey team. We hold our team to a higher standard and will continue to do so."

Sad that ‘higher standard’ = decency, but the swiftness of the decison is appreciated.

Now if only there could be something done to discourage this kind of behaviour before it happens…and if only MTV would avoid giving this dude more glorifying airtime for lame behaviour…