Hi John, Here's a report on it from CBC Sports (sorry for URL wrap)... http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/sportsView.cgi?/news/ 2001/05/25/Sports/davis010525 "In an interview with American syndicated talk show host Jim Rome, [Antonio] Davis [of the Toronto Raptors] said he was concerned that his two yound sons were learning the metric system and the Canadian national anthem." Also, from globeandmail.com (search on "metric")... . The Globe and Mail, Friday, May 25, 2001 . . Life in Canada worries Raptors . Davis intended no offence, agent says, but prospective free agent . wonders what affect Toronto education would have on children . By David Leeder And Shawna Richer . . TORONTO -- Toronto Raptors centre Antonio Davis says that playing . basketball in Canada presents concerns for his young children, such . as mastering the metric system and the national anthem. . . Davis told Jim Rome, the host of a syndicated radio show heard across . the United States and Canada, that he's worried about the education . received by his five-year-old twins, Antonio Jr. and Kaela. . . "Canada teaches a lot of different things -- the metric system," . Davis said in the interview yesterday. ... (Perhaps Joe Reid might have more on the local "buzz"...?) Bruce H. On Fri, 25 May 2001, kilopascal in USMA:13033 wrote: > Speaking of Canada. I was approached by two people at work today who told > me of an interview they had heard on TV. Apparently, some Basketball > player, who is American, but playing for a Canadian team (in Toronto, I > think), was asked in the interview, if he plans to remain in Canada. > > Well, his remarks were no, because his kids would have to go to Canadian > schools and they would be taught the metric system, and that would put them > at a disadvantage if they were to return to the US. > > The first guy to tell me this, also stated there were call-ins to the > program and some real morons made some gross anti-French Canadian remarks. > > The second guy told me he heard a lot of Canadians were angered by the > statement and want this guy to leave Canada now. Also the Canadians came to > the defence of metric by asking what is wrong with it. > > Has anyone else heard of this incident and can they clarify it more? ...
