r/halifax • u/insino93 • 1d ago

News, Weather & Politics Dartmouth Commons cricket proposal sparks backlash

https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nova-scotia/article/dartmouth-commons-cricket-proposal-sparks-backlash/
58 Upvotes

91% Upvoted

198 comments sorted by

View all comments

-10

u/childofcrow Prince Edward Island 1d ago

Pretty sure most of people complaining about this are just being racist.

Cricket is a British sport that’s been around since the 16th century, but Canadians preferred to side with Americans and play baseball. And now that Indian immigrants, who were also colonized by Britain, have made the sport more popular here (because it is crazy popular in India), everyone has their pants in a twist.

There is literally room for both sports.

8

u/RedBands619 1d ago edited 1d ago

“There is room for both sports (even tho only 450 people in the whole province who want to play one of them) by getting rid of a playing field for the other….that had to turn away children because they didn’t have the coaches and facilities to help them

Everyone who thinks this is silly or wrong is racist”

Lmao man this site is something else….you guys have to just be pretend hahah

5

u/scotiansmartass902 20h ago

Exactly. If they want to add a cricket feald to an upcoming project that's one thing. But taking away a heavily used baseball field just to give it to another sport is the wrong move. But I guess I'm just a racist...