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It Is What It Is

as the well-received recycling box. hard on the Astros, fining them 5 sports, cheating is an acceptable part
By Peter Collins million dollars and ordering them of the game, if you aren’t caught that
Nevertheless, the simple garbage

to forfeit valuable draft choices. is. Managers, coaches, and athletes
can has gained some notoriety lately.
In addition, 3 well-respected field are always looking for an advantage
It seems that for the past few years
managers were relieved of their duties, over their opponents, and often go
this unpretentious receptacle was one
causing a chain reaction of bad press about securing this advantage with
of the main implements used by the
ou can go to Canadian Tire and MLB’s Houston Astros to help them and controversy for the MLB. Major a win-at-any-cost mentality. The
Ybuy a metal garbage can for League Baseball is used to dealing payoff? Million-dollar contracts
develop a system to steal signs from
$29.99. If you’re like most humans, opposing teams. They accomplished with these types of vilifications in and unfettered adoration from the
you use this rubbish container to help this by using a camera to record their 144-year history, but this scandal fans, a seduction that’s difficult for
with the disposal of your unwanted may be the worst to date. most teams to spurn. The MLB has
the signs, and then someone would
items. This unsophisticated garbage Over the years, the MLB has yearly revenues of over 10 billion
can has a bad reputation for its adverse translate the footage into a series of endured through disgraces such as, dollars per year. It’s hard to believe a
bangs on the garbage can. In other 30-dollar trash can could cause such
contribution to landfill sites all over but not limited to, corked bats, the
the world. If the underappreciated words, the Astros were cheating. pine tar incident, strikes, steroids, a disruption, and negatively impact
garbage can believed in reincarnation, After a thorough investigation, Pete Rose, the spitter, and the Black a billion-dollar industry like the
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it would probably want to come back Major League Baseball came down Sox Scandal. Like in many other professional baseball league.

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In your opinion, if you had a choice to bring a semi-pro or pro sport team to Cornwall that you believe the City of
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Cornwall could support, what sport or league team would that be?

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Gilles Gaudet - Sports Enthusiast -Like the great wildebeest migration in Tanzania, the annual return of the swallows to
Capistrano, and the yearly forecast of Wiarton Willie, the question of “Can Cornwall support a pro team?” keeps coming
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back every year. It seems this query has more lives than Mike Myers of “Halloween” fame and that you just can’t kill it off.
We’ve pretty much eliminated the idea of a pro or semi-pro team in hockey - we’ve been there, done that. It doesn’t appear
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that there’s a financial model out there that will work. If the Colts weekly average attendance of 543 patrons doesn’t scare off
potential investors, I’m not sure what would. Let’s face it, today there’s too much competition out there for our hard-earned
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dollars. But, maybe something outside the box or off the wall would work. What about the PFL? What’s the PFL, you ask?
It’s the professional pillow fighting league based out of Toronto, which is a semi-professional sport league based on, you
guessed it, pillow fights! We’re a few years too late for the the United States of America Rock Paper Scissors League, which
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unfortunately folded in 2014. Is anyone up for a game of Cricket?
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Jake Lapierre - Conditioning Coach - I’m nostalgic and if I had a choice and it were possible, I would bring a hockey team
from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (named Cornwall Royals) to Cornwall. I know the QMJHL is not a Pro or
Semi-Pro team, however in my opinion, I believe there’s a strong nostalgic fan base in this city that would welcome a team
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from the QMJHL.
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Now regardless of the team sport, team, or league located in any city, to be a successful organization, it takes work and
commitment from team organizers and managers. Every sport team needs fans, and the team’s organizers need to create a
connection with the fans. Creating that connection consists of creating a sense of purpose with the community. Re-enacting
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the Complex full of fans cheering the Royals as they go head to head with the Quebec Remparts or Gatineau Olympiques,
being at the game with your grandsons or granddaughters while enjoying hot dogs and a coke - that is my nostalgic moment.
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Jim Riddell - Seaway Karate Club -Soccer has become the number one team participation sport in Canada, registering 767
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000 athletes in its minor program this past season, compared with 531 000 registered players in minor hockey. The Canadian
Soccer Association is making an effort to further grow the game in the years leading up to the 2026 World Cup, which will
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be co-operatively hosted by Canada, Mexico, and the USA. The Premiere Ligue de Soccer du Quebec is a Level 3 semi-
professional league that is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association, plays an 18-game schedule, and has 12 teams
that are all based in the general Montreal area. This is a development league, bridging the gap for players that are beyond
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youth soccer but have the talent and aspiration to compete at a higher level. Soccer has a long history in this area as North
Glengarry is home to the oldest soccer league in North America (GSL) and so there are strong soccer programs throughout
the region. A semi-pro team in Cornwall may just work!