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COMMENTS & CRITIQUES [LO-3] , Chapter 6 As the president of the local Minor Hockey Association, you lead an organization with hundreds of youth players, coaches, officials, and parents. You have to keep up with Hockey Canada policy changes, regulation changes, requirements for screening coaches and certifying officials, and controversies involving the sport. Just this morning, an item in the local newspaper got your attention. A prominent member of the hockey club—a very competitive parent—was quoted saying that the rules prohibiting body checking in Pee Wee Hockey (11- and 12-

year-olds) were preventing the kids from learning the skills they would need in the next levels. He claimed that all the concerns about concussion and injury were “baloney” and that in the old days you would just call it “getting your bell rung” if you took a hit to the head. This kind of talk drives you crazy because you know that body checking in this age group causes many injuries and concussions.