Violence in Hockey: When does it go to Far
How can a sport so frivolously put its talent in harm’s way? Is there a need for hockey’s top offensive players to skate with bull’s eyes on their backs? (Smith 1) Isn’t the NHL tired of sitting vigil in the hospital as doctors measure the diminishing brain activity of the players the league counts on to sell the sport? (2) How is it that football “the ultimate contact sport” doesn’t allow for a second of the kind of headhunting that hockey does, the sort of violent play that puts the careers of Eric Lindros and Paul Kariya in jeopardy. (1) The recent establishment of the blue-ribbon injury panel has attempted to grasp the answers to these questions. (2) Basically the judicial system desperately
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