Topic: Soa Palelei
Soa Palelei banned from visting kids in hospital for charity
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10.05.2015 | 3:23 PM ET
Due to the fact that cage fighting in Western Australia is banned. Palelei is obviously very disappointed and hurt by this; on top of this charity, he is a Make a Wish Foundation ambassador. He also understands what a lot of these children are going through, as his son suffers from absence epilepsy.
A spokesperson from the hospital had this to say, "Following the significant media coverage of controversy surrounding UFC and 'cage' fighting, which is currently banned in Western Australia, a decision was made by the Princess Margaret Hospital Executive that it would not be appropriate to have a representative of the sport visit the hospital. Princess Margaret Hospital has a duty of care to its patients, their families and staff. With many people in the community having very strong views about this particular sport, due to its perceived level of violence, executive staff felt this was the best decision at the time."
The Western Australia Sports and Recreation Minister; Mia Davies, commented on the decision, saying "The state government does not support the use of a fenced enclosure for Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) contests, believing it is not in the best interests of the wider community to endorse or encourage participation of fighting in a 'cage."
This is beyond ignorant. Palelei isn't asking to put on some sort of charity fight in a cage, he just wants to visits children in the hospital, but because of his occupation he is not allowed to.
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10.05.2015 | 3:44 PM ET
10.05.2015 | 4:11 PM ET
10.05.2015 | 4:35 PM ET
Stupid reason.
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10.05.2015 | 5:37 PM ET
This is most definitely one of the worse cases of idiocracy I've seen in my life. And the thing is that they're actually risking the kid's benifit too. No one would Blame Soa for saying "well **** this, I'll take my charity elsewhere" and they'd lose tens of thousand of dollars for those kids (he's already raised 40 something thousand if I remember correctly). I don't think Soa will do that, he seems like he's the bigger man (in more ways than one) but it's no thanks to the decision makers in that hospital who literally have their heads so far up their asses they can chew their food again.
* Edited at 10.05.2015, 5:40 PM ET *
"Hay lohh you Mike, ay lov you Mike. Hyou say somesing like di fo me, and naw I say you ... I LOV YOU! See you som. Boy." -- Yoel Romero, UFC 205
10.05.2015 | 5:42 PM ET
10.05.2015 | 5:49 PM ET
Can't have them vicious cage fighters influencing our kids.
* Edited at 10.05.2015, 5:50 PM ET *
"Hay lohh you Mike, ay lov you Mike. Hyou say somesing like di fo me, and naw I say you ... I LOV YOU! See you som. Boy." -- Yoel Romero, UFC 205
10.05.2015 | 8:32 PM ET
"I wanted to meet interesting and stimulating people of an ancient culture, and kill them."
10.05.2015 | 10:48 PM ET
"get some!"
10.05.2015 | 10:52 PM ET
So ******* stupid.
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