Athletic Love

I was reading an article on The Frisky and it talked about the types to not date. Everyone knows musicians but I hadn’t heard bartenders although that makes total sense. McGuire also added pro-athletes and politicians to the list. I will not argue politicians. I have worked in the nation’s capital. You have to be confident/high on your self to go into that line of work in the first place. I’m not 100% sold on all pro-athletes.

I would be concerned about a U.S. soccer player because he would be a much bigger deal overseas than he would probably be at home. Most NBA and NFL stars I’ll agree with. Those sports are huge and a lot of the rock stars of the team would get enough ego to think they wouldn’t get caught. Some of the bigger names in the NHL (like Alex Ovechkin or Sidney Crosby) must dovery well for themselves. But not all of them.

My mom watched some pre-Super Bowl at home interviews. One of the players had been with the same woman since college and she was definitely no Gisele. Despite being well-known enough to make the special, he seemed to genuinely like his girl-next-door wife. You have to love your spouse butliking them after many years is noteworthy. 

Chimera had an interview recently where he was asked his favorite TV channel. He talked about how he and the wife watch HGTV together all the time. Vokoun had it in his contract that he could go to Florida early before every game there so he could spend time with his wife and daughters. Aucoin, who spent a lot of time in the minors this season, just had a baby boy and couldn’t be happier from what I’ve seen.

Stateside, NHL players aren’t as god-like as NFL players. There aren’t a lot of mainstream rock stars. You also don’t see as many celebrity-NHL marriages as you do NFL or NBA (Hilary Duff and Carrie Underwood being the main exceptions). Many of these guys married normal women-next-door. They get a bit of anonymity around town and with a non-celebrity SO which probably helps keep them humble(r).

I could be way off the mark and the NHL could be just as bad as every other pro-league but that’s not the feeling I get. From what I’ve seen as an outsider, they all seem very happy. If you’re happy, you usually aren’t stupid enough to screw it up, especially when your road trip roommate needs somewhere to sleep.

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