I am always impressed by the way Rick insists on shaking people's hand when he interviews them. Even for someone like Luke, who can't easily reach for a handshake himself, Rick makes a point of treating him like everyone else and reaching over to shake his hand. It's simple, but not something most people would automatically think to do...
I had the pleasure of meeting and working with Luke and Shayne from this video. Friggin awesome guys! I hope Powerchair Football takes off, these guys are more passionate about their sport than anyone I've met.
Awsome interview! I had the pleasure to met these guys in France , where i represent Brazil with partners from Rio.Well the world cup in Paris, made me realize that this event is the only one that put together the higher number of persons with disabilities on power chair in the world,As a physicaltherapist it was and is being an privilege.
I find it rather unfortunate, and disappointing that they had to pretty much gather 100% of the funding themselves, and that the Canadian government gave them a penance to go to the Paris. That's such a shame. It seems it doesn't matter which version of a world team is playing for Canada. They always get less money than they deserve to represent us properly in a world game.
@zeldafreak71 well thats your point of view.. you gotta look at it from their point of view.. football is their national sport and maybe they are offended by calling it soccer. I'm sure that many Canadians would be pissed if some nation called hockey by the name of something else
fun fact: It doesn't matter what it's called in the rest of the world, we grew up calling it soccer, SO IT'S FRACKING SOCCER! I find it very rude when someone from out side Canada and the US tells me off for calling it Soccer, that's out word for it, Don't tell me off for it and I won't correct you called the trunk of a call the "boot"
@zeldafreak71 It matters since its training for a world event and you go to the rest of the world calling it soccer they will tell you your in the wrong event. You may only care about what happens in canada, but not this group because they have the whole world in their view.
@lukegalvani My comment states that he makes a conflation of the case of having a neuro-muscular disorder and the case of being born with a physical disability by making the remark about "ending up in a wheelchair", which is a situation (i.e. being in a wheelchair) that can result from a broad range of circumstances. While having a knowledge of this sport is certainly ideal, it is unnecessary in order to identify that Rick handled his words without making consideration as to their implications.
@bargeman314 likewise, I don't tell people around the world that Ice Hockey should just be "Hockey" because that's what they call it there and it's rude for me to tell them they don't know the right word for it. If they want to call it Ice Hockey they have their every right to do so, even if I call it Hockey. being that Hockey (ice) originates in Canada, clearly we know what it should be called right?
@bargeman314 no that's acutally ignorant. Unless you have evidence that it was always called football here before football became football then there's no right to say that we have the wrong name for it. If there is no mention of it being called football here before rugby-football was created then that means that we always called it Soccer here and therefore it's the right name for it here and it's very rude to tell me that my dialect is wrong because it doesn't match with yours.
@lukegalvani Some people don't feel like laughing when their existence is being degraded and stereotyped. I'm not sure how exactly it is sad to critique someone when what they are doing feeds into needless stereotypes about persons with physical disabilities, but I suppose everyone has there own perspective. People make jokes that are ill-conceived all the time and they get criticisms. That seems like a reasonable sequence of events to me.
1:19 - 1:21 The comment Rick makes here is problematic. By suggesting that the waver is an insurance in the event that he "ends up in a wheelchair", he conflates the living situations of persons with physical disabilities as having resulted from incidental trauma. Also, those words have the added effect of portraying the experience of physically disabled persons as less than those who are able-bodied. While I imagine this was unintended, I think it will be best if Rick chooses words more wisely.
I am always impressed by the way Rick insists on shaking people's hand when he interviews them. Even for someone like Luke, who can't easily reach for a handshake himself, Rick makes a point of treating him like everyone else and reaching over to shake his hand. It's simple, but not something most people would automatically think to do...
I had the pleasure of meeting and working with Luke and Shayne from this video. Friggin awesome guys! I hope Powerchair Football takes off, these guys are more passionate about their sport than anyone I've met.
These players have so much talent its a shame there is no funding! Rick you always amaze me with the quality of your interviews! Love Rick Mercer!
Awsome interview! I had the pleasure to met these guys in France , where i represent Brazil with partners from Rio.Well the world cup in Paris, made me realize that this event is the only one that put together the higher number of persons with disabilities on power chair in the world,As a physicaltherapist it was and is being an privilege.
Great video, I hope they won at the world championship!
haha. That was awesome. Such a great guy and a great team. Lets get some funding there Canada.
These guys are simply amazing! I envy their awesome attitude =)
Hey, Rick mentioned my hometown. 0:44.
Yay - he went to the neighbourhood I grew up in.
"I'm closing my eyes so you have a chance!" FTW!!
I find it rather unfortunate, and disappointing that they had to pretty much gather 100% of the funding themselves, and that the Canadian government gave them a penance to go to the Paris. That's such a shame. It seems it doesn't matter which version of a world team is playing for Canada. They always get less money than they deserve to represent us properly in a world game.
Rick actually taking the yellow card from the ref and apologizing was the funniest thing I've seen today.
such a nice guy, rick for every politcal seat in canada
And Rick just takes the yellow home with him to put on his wall as if it were a major award. Haha
Very awesome!!
(PS - How could someone hit the dislike button on this??)
Is it bad that watching feel-good stuff that average Canadians do for each other makes me want to move to the Great White North?
Rick is a child in a mans body, haha!
@Arazig Well said.
dude i live there
Nice save! Haha
That's so cool :)
@zeldafreak71 well thats your point of view.. you gotta look at it from their point of view.. football is their national sport and maybe they are offended by calling it soccer. I'm sure that many Canadians would be pissed if some nation called hockey by the name of something else
fun fact: It doesn't matter what it's called in the rest of the world, we grew up calling it soccer, SO IT'S FRACKING SOCCER! I find it very rude when someone from out side Canada and the US tells me off for calling it Soccer, that's out word for it, Don't tell me off for it and I won't correct you called the trunk of a call the "boot"
@zeldafreak71 It matters since its training for a world event and you go to the rest of the world calling it soccer they will tell you your in the wrong event.
You may only care about what happens in canada, but not this group because they have the whole world in their view.
@lukegalvani My comment states that he makes a conflation of the case of having a neuro-muscular disorder and the case of being born with a physical disability by making the remark about "ending up in a wheelchair", which is a situation (i.e. being in a wheelchair) that can result from a broad range of circumstances. While having a knowledge of this sport is certainly ideal, it is unnecessary in order to identify that Rick handled his words without making consideration as to their implications.
Just my thought.
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@TooLEGIT2quit19 Maybe true, although hockey isn't our national sport.
Dude at 3:50 looks like Theon Greyjoy
Haha, I can kinda see that
@bargeman314 likewise, I don't tell people around the world that Ice Hockey should just be "Hockey" because that's what they call it there and it's rude for me to tell them they don't know the right word for it. If they want to call it Ice Hockey they have their every right to do so, even if I call it Hockey. being that Hockey (ice) originates in Canada, clearly we know what it should be called right?
GO AIERON
@zeldafreak71 Preach it!
@referee77 It was probably accidental
nope. nothing wrong with that at all. :)
@bargeman314 no that's acutally ignorant. Unless you have evidence that it was always called football here before football became football then there's no right to say that we have the wrong name for it. If there is no mention of it being called football here before rugby-football was created then that means that we always called it Soccer here and therefore it's the right name for it here and it's very rude to tell me that my dialect is wrong because it doesn't match with yours.
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who else got here from league of legends reddit?
@lukegalvani Some people don't feel like laughing when their existence is being degraded and stereotyped. I'm not sure how exactly it is sad to critique someone when what they are doing feeds into needless stereotypes about persons with physical disabilities, but I suppose everyone has there own perspective. People make jokes that are ill-conceived all the time and they get criticisms. That seems like a reasonable sequence of events to me.
1:19 - 1:21
The comment Rick makes here is problematic. By suggesting that the waver is an insurance in the event that he "ends up in a wheelchair", he conflates the living situations of persons with physical disabilities as having resulted from incidental trauma. Also, those words have the added effect of portraying the experience of physically disabled persons as less than those who are able-bodied. While I imagine this was unintended, I think it will be best if Rick chooses words more wisely.
It was a joke!!! Damn I´m a wheelchairuser and got it. Stop being so offended on behalf of us
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