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University of Ohio assistant and son of Toronto Maple Leaf’s GM Brian Burke was killed in a two-car accident on a snowy road in Indiana on Friday.

Brendan Burke, who was 21, was featured on ESPN earlier this year for his touching coming out story and his acceptance within the hockey world. To me his story was symbolic of our youth’s acceptance of homosexuality and how quickly the perceptions about being gay can change once it’s in your own backyard.

Rest in peace Brendan Burke and thanks for your courage.

You can read the ESPN story on Brendan Burke here.

After further review not even replay can save humans from making mistakes so I think it’s time we end our aversion to technology and embed pucks, footballs and baseballs with Radio Frequency Id’s (RFIDs).

This way, in football, we can eliminate an umpire’s judgement as to where the ball should be marked and save some money on payroll by eliminating the two guys who hold the chains on the sidelines and measure for first downs. This technology is already used in tennis and it surely would’ve corrected this mistake from the Penguins game the other night.

Foul ball mishaps, like what happened twice in last year’s baseball playoffs, would be eliminated as well.