A Five-Year Ban for Desrocher

   The Greater Toronto Hockey League has made its decision. Desrocher has been slapped with a ban that will keep him out of the arenas for the rest of the season and the next five years to come. The idiot himself was not at the hearing and was not represented, either. He had been told things would go ahead whether he was there or not. Desrocher can apply for reinstatement at the end of the 2007-2008 season. Before granting that though, a special committee would first have to be satisfied that he had modified his behaviour and would not to be a threat to other parents, players or coaches. J.J. Lyon, an assistant coach on the team, thought the ban should have been longer. I agree with Lyon. Why not make it a ban for life? Then the decision really would do what league president John Gardner claims when he says, "This confirms our no-nonsense attitude — once is too often." A life time ban would go a long way toward proving that statement to Desrocher and all the other morons like him.