This Is Where I'm Coming From

(warning: the opinion expressed in this post is that of the author (@DHSpeedwagon) and doesn't represent the thinking of Scarlett Ice as a whole. Please feel free to complain about it in the comments)Late last week in the twitterverse Matt Carle of the Philadelpha Flyers (@mattcarle25) tweeted the following:"Also, would like to donate some $$$ to a local charity, if I get 10k followers by the end of the reg. season, I'll donate $10k to C.H.O.P." Now let me start off by saying, in no way do I think donating money to charity is a bad thing. Mr. Carle wants to do something good in his community, and he should be commended for it. I do however, take issue with the fact that Matt uses the guise of giving to charity as means to increase his followers. (I should point out Matt isn't the first player to do this and my opinion isn't focused on him but rather NHL players, and celebrities in general who use this kind of ploy. Matt's just the most recent example. I...