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Ban Fighting
by Paul on 08/15/05 at 09:20 AM ET
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This was supposed to be a new beginning for the National Hockey League after a season-long lockout. But the league's decision to reinstate Todd Bertuzzi suggests it's business as usual -- and that business is fighting. The NHL, in making sweeping rule changes this summer, missed a golden opportunity to ban fighting and other forms of gross violence -- probably in the belief that fists appeal to fans. That might be true in places such as Philadelphia where the Broad Street Bullies appealed to knuckle-dragging fans who craved violence. But that's not the case in many other cities such as Ottawa, where patrons yearn for skill. If Philly and other punch-drunk stops wants that kind of game, start an X-league with all the accoutrements of wrestling. In fact, wrestling fakes the violence. In the NHL, the thugs and the pain are real.
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