Nate Smith, of Owatonna, walked on the ice for a shot at a very small hole as part of a raffle last week.
His 89-foot, wobbly shot went right through, which was barely wider than the puck.
"I was, like, shocked," Nate said.
"It was like a one-in-a-million chance," Nate told CBS affiliate KEYC-TV in Mankato, Minn.
But -- the name on the raffle ticket drawn was Nick Smith, Nate's identical twin.
Hate to say it, but it was cheating. Can't he or his parents read? Is his brother a baseball player and couldn't make a hockey shot, or what? Sorry, son, you don't get the money. A good chance to teach a lesson to a young man about honesty, rules, and the consequences of not abiding by them. A lesson MILLIONS of kids never get anymore.
ReplyDeleteGood post, Imclain. I saw the story on NBC News tonight. Apparently the son who had signed up to do it couldn't make it there in time, so his brother filled in for him. Still, it is cheating. If someone were holding a contest to see who could get a basketball in the net from mid-court and I signed up but then got an NBA player to sub for me, it would be the same thing. It's just that these are little kids, and people immediately feel for them. The father was right to do what he did by making them "fess up." Of course, I wonder, as 5:09 does, why did the father let the boy do it if he knew the rules?
ReplyDeleteThe name on the ticket shouldn't matter. There was a raffle for the right to try and make the shot. I once won a local cruise in a raffle, and since I couldn't go, gave it to my mother. That was perfectly fine, though she didn't buy the raffle ticket, and her name was not on it. This is the same idea!
ReplyDeletethe father probably thought the kid wouldn't make the shot
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