Colin Hodgson says he was ‘railroaded and blacklisted’ by Curling Canada as he announces retirement at end of season
Mixed emotions were at play in recent weeks as Colin Hodgson considered retirement from competitive four-player curling.
“Just to have it out there, takes a lot of pressure off,” Hodgson said. “I can actually enjoy the moment rather than knowing inside, in my heart, that this is the last one and it’s a big secret. Hodgson also won’t miss some of the other off-ice challenges, including “fighting some battles” with Curling Canada.
“In ways it’s motivated me to try to not have other people have the same experience I have [had],” he said. “I think that’s led me a lot to deciding that maybe I can better use my time spent other ways to help other people.” “I feel we’ve had major issues over the years with communication, with trust, with athletes not feeling like they can say what they think – truly – without fear of reprimand or just bad things happening to them,” he said. “That’s kind of been behind the scenes for a long time and now it’s starting to come out.”
“But when things get done in boardrooms and in closed conversations away from everybody, that leads to these kinds of things happening.”
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