The Consequences Of Fighting In Hockey
There are lots of arguments for fighting in the game: It holds players accountable for their actions; protects star players; gives teams a momentary boost of momentum and purpose; attracts and excites fans and keeps the core audience happy; prevents more serious violence, thereby lessening the risk of serious injury.
The case against has always been the same: Fighting is a useless, vicious anachronism providing no benefit to anyone.
The challenge for new USHL commissioner Bob Fallen and all league heads is deciding on a course of action without knowing the consequences: is fighting part of hockey’s culture and integral to the fabric of the game or a sideshow that can be cast aside as an outdated relic?
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Most people might not even know who P.K. Subban is. Subban won the Norris trophy in 2013 (award for the NHL’s best defenseman), was tied for the leading scoring defenseman that same year, and was an Olympic gold-medalist in 2014. This year, he is considered one of the front-runners for the Norris trophy again. If that resume doesn’t earn you a spot on the cover of Sports Illustrated across the world, I don’t know what will.
Eighty-two games is a long season, more than five times as long as an NFL season. The sports have many similarities in physicality, and many people (including myself) believe that hockey is a more physical sport than football. Hockey players play back-to-back days most weeks, something that football players don’t do. That said, I absolutely think hockey and its athletes should have more coverage than they do now.
Chris Hagerman, a history professor at Albion College, has studied the role of popular images and how athletes are viewed in sports media. He offered to comment to the Pleiad about hockey’s perceived lack of popularity in the United
The case against has always been the same: Fighting is a useless, vicious anachronism providing no benefit to anyone.
The challenge for new USHL commissioner Bob Fallen and all league heads is deciding on a course of action without knowing the consequences: is fighting part of hockey’s culture and integral to the fabric of the game or a sideshow that can be cast aside as an outdated relic?
The problem with making statements that …show more content…
Most people might not even know who P.K. Subban is. Subban won the Norris trophy in 2013 (award for the NHL’s best defenseman), was tied for the leading scoring defenseman that same year, and was an Olympic gold-medalist in 2014. This year, he is considered one of the front-runners for the Norris trophy again. If that resume doesn’t earn you a spot on the cover of Sports Illustrated across the world, I don’t know what will.
Eighty-two games is a long season, more than five times as long as an NFL season. The sports have many similarities in physicality, and many people (including myself) believe that hockey is a more physical sport than football. Hockey players play back-to-back days most weeks, something that football players don’t do. That said, I absolutely think hockey and its athletes should have more coverage than they do now.
Chris Hagerman, a history professor at Albion College, has studied the role of popular images and how athletes are viewed in sports media. He offered to comment to the Pleiad about hockey’s perceived lack of popularity in the United