Athletistic / Hockey. Olympic hockey champion Andrei Kovalenko spoke about the scandalous situation of Ak Bars players. Earlier, Kazan forward Damir Zhafyarov and defender Nikita Evseev filed a lawsuit with the KHL demanding the termination of their contracts for “sports discrimination.”
“Personally, the term “sport discrimination” amused me. Sport in principle, and hockey in particular, is built on this discrimination. Here you are either stronger or weaker than your opponent, whether he succeeds or not. Professional discrimination is possible – when “The club does not fulfill the terms of the contract. As I understand it, in this case Ak Bars pays everything to the players,” Kovalenko said according to Russia-hockey.ru.
Damir Zhafyarov played 17 games this season in the KHL and scored 2 (1+1) points using the goal+pass system. Nikita Evseev played 19 matches for Ak Bars and scored 3 (1+2) points for his performance.
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