There appears to be a conspiracy on the CBC website for why I can't find any mention of this tidbit I heard on the radio this morning. However, I will post what I remember anyway.

There was mention of a 17 year old hockey player (Benjamin Rueben, I think was his name) with great NHL potential. However, he won't play games on the Sabbath (Friday nights and Saturday). His junior league coaches have been very understanding and have let him sit those games out since they conflict with his beliefs. However, should he ever be confronted with the chance to join the NHL, he has a big decision on his hands.

Thoughts?

He'll play, or he won't get signed.
Sandy Koufax I think it was, wouldn't pitch on the Sabbath, but he was a starting pitcher and could have his starts juggled.
This kid is a hockey player, and if he is as good as the hype, then he needs to get on the ice every game, religious beliefs aside.

And I see by putting hockey in the thread, we get ads for hockey jerseys...Amazingly brilliant bit of AI...

Or, say sorry NHL, my beliefs matter more but I can still play hockey every other day, maybe just not with you...

To play or pray (Article link)


His pastor works on the Sabbath. Besides, every NHL team has a chaplain attending the game that they pray about before they hit the ice. If it's good enough for that minister of god to work on Sabbath game day.... And no one's paying that clergy millions of dollars in contracts for the job either, but they're still there working on the Sabbath.

I have a friend of the family who is a world-class Chess player. He's beaten International Grandmaster's. He's competed in tournaments and been very successful when he has done so. I'm a fair player and he beats me with a queen start almost every game (I've beaten him once with that head-start, and it was the game of my life).

But he also keeps Saturday as the Sabbath, and during tournaments, if one of his games is scheduled for a Saturday, he forfeits, which has denied him the chance to be rated an International Grand-master also.

I know there weren't millions at stake like in the NHL, but if you believe in something, money shouldn't be able to buy it from you.

On similar note, you should watch Chariots of Fire someday

Regards, PA

So true. People that sell out know what they're worth.

Perhaps the religion/career/Sunday thing can be considered in this way; a god given gift that affords the opportunity for large dollar contracts, provides a huge opportunity and re$ources, by which someone may choose to help the world in charities, etc... Think of all that celebrities do for the less fortunate because of their "name" and the clout that carries.
Honoring the gift god gave him and taking the money people pay him for the privilege , may allow him to have even more to give back for the blessing of those talents he was gifted with.