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<blockquote data-quote="pip" data-source="post: 7911"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div></p><p></p><p>Your sarcasm aside, what would your view be if Moore had died? Let's further assume that he's your brother, and he cracks his skull on the ice after being walloped (whether within this ridiculous "code" or not) and dies. Would you still be so blasé about it? </p><p></p><p>Maybe I'm not familiar with the hockey culture or whatnot, but no sport where players can willy-nilly pummel each other, can be viewed in a positive way by an outsider like myself. The fact that this seems to be part of the culture, makes it even more ridiculous.</p><p></p><p>If that happened in a rugby match, Bertuzzi would be banned for months if not years. Look at rugby. As recently as ten years ago during the amateur era, there were bust ups all over the park. Stampings, biting, headbutts and sprawling free for all brawls were the order of the day. Players were punished in a very minimalistic fashion and fans thought it part of the deal. </p><p></p><p>Then rugby went professional and foul play was cracked down upon because the IRB realised that the thug element so predominant in the game was hurting it's image and growth prospects. Now there are virtually no serious violence on the field, with the odd exception here and there, which gets swiftly and ruthlessly dealt with (if the citing commissioners get it right). But there is no wanton violence; Does it detract from the sheer, hard and brutal element of the game? Hockey can still be hockey, without all that nonsense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pip, post: 7911"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div> Your sarcasm aside, what would your view be if Moore had died? Let's further assume that he's your brother, and he cracks his skull on the ice after being walloped (whether within this ridiculous "code" or not) and dies. Would you still be so blasé about it? Maybe I'm not familiar with the hockey culture or whatnot, but no sport where players can willy-nilly pummel each other, can be viewed in a positive way by an outsider like myself. The fact that this seems to be part of the culture, makes it even more ridiculous. If that happened in a rugby match, Bertuzzi would be banned for months if not years. Look at rugby. As recently as ten years ago during the amateur era, there were bust ups all over the park. Stampings, biting, headbutts and sprawling free for all brawls were the order of the day. Players were punished in a very minimalistic fashion and fans thought it part of the deal. Then rugby went professional and foul play was cracked down upon because the IRB realised that the thug element so predominant in the game was hurting it's image and growth prospects. Now there are virtually no serious violence on the field, with the odd exception here and there, which gets swiftly and ruthlessly dealt with (if the citing commissioners get it right). But there is no wanton violence; Does it detract from the sheer, hard and brutal element of the game? Hockey can still be hockey, without all that nonsense. [/QUOTE]
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