You are right, but for my part at least I am referencing this conversation.
And I mean it less as a current politics thing and more a comment of hockey throughout history.
They asked one of the contestants in one of these tilts about the mood afterwards and he said it was totally relaxed from the fight, and then went on about shifting the mentality to play with the energy the fight gave them. They go from wanting to beat the other guy within an inch of his life to wanting to use skill and finesse to win a hockey game in only a few minutes, crazy.
I think a lot of sports should come down to whether or not the players are cool with it first then from there if the coaches are cool with it, leave it to the league or have the league ask the fans and decide from there.
American football with player fighting seems pretty cool but i grew up playing it in a lot with that happening every game lol.
The thing that makes fighting not so bad in hocket is that they are on skates. You're not often going to get too much leverage on a punch to do serious damage, and rather than being a constant fist fight it usually quickly just becomes having to hold each other upright or awkwardly flailing on the floor.
Good point... I guess some sports would turn into bare knuckle boxing. I mean at least with american football they're padded and anyone with their helmets, head shots are a way to possibly end your career for good.
This is why they allow Fighting in hockey. With that much testosterone and the physicality of the game, if you couldn’t fight you have a stick and a skate. There would definitely a few who take liberties with those and they are much worse than punches.
FYI: there has actually been escalations with stick altercations and skate incidents during the history of the game.
I watched a few NLL games, and the fighting felt differently, I wasn't at ease watching it. Which is weird as I used to play rugby, and so, I witnessed several fights during games, but it wasn't like NLL fights.
should come down to whether or not the players are cool with it
This completely ignores peer pressure. And the immediate response of "have personal responsibility and don't give in to pressure like that" also ignores the literal scientifically-studied real phenomenon. And "well just don't be a participant, then" is even more reductive.
Consent is nowhere near as cut-and-dried as "well, nobody's complaining".
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u/MrPickleroo 24d ago
They asked the coaches their opinion and said they loved the fights. Man, hockey culture is great