The owner of the Nanaimo Clippers drew a boatload of negative comments for going to the Super Bowl, but in a way, the Super Bowl came to him.

Wes Mussio, the BCHL teamsa国际传媒檚 owner and president and a board member with Vancouversa国际传媒檚 Non-Partisan Association municipal political party, posted on Twitter that he was heading to Tampa Bay on Feb. 1 for sa国际传媒淪uper Bowl party week.sa国际传媒�

Replies to his post were almost all negative and Mussio deleted his account the day after he made the post.

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He said there are no travel restrictions in Florida and those organizing Super Bowl week activities are advertising to encourage people to join in the festivities, sa国际传媒渨hich my family will do, with safety precautions like social distancing and wearing a mask.sa国际传媒�

Mussio classified himself as a snowbird, said hesa国际传媒檚 been in the U.S. since before the last round of new provincial health orders in B.C. and said he was surprised to hear about . He said he may extend his stay in Florida to try to avoid that kind of quarantine, which he said is sa国际传媒渂asically telling us we are not welcome to come back to Canada without being penalized monetarily and a loss of simple rights like not being detained against our will.sa国际传媒�

Mussio will be cheering for Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this weekend.

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