A Different kind of skills competition...

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Best quote from the article:
"We'll have medical and dental people on hand to fix guys up if they need to be fixed up,"

They should hold it in Philly. The biggest cheers at last night's game were for the fights.

JH

Jeff Hopkins '82 wrote:
They should hold it in Philly. The biggest cheers at last night's game were for the fights.

And also at EVERY GAME EVER PLAYED IN PHILADELPHIA, EVER.

I find this pathetic. Sorry, I am one of those people who would love to see fighting stamped out of the sport. It would be so easy to do. 1st fight of season = game DQ. 2nd fight = Game DQ and 3 game suspension. 3rd fight = Game DQ and 7 game suspension. 4th fight = season suspension. Plus, add an additional 5 minute major for instigation, if any on top of the original majors.

Let's concentrate on the game, not beating people up. It's stupid, and unnecessary. Let's keep the hitting to brutal, legal checks.

Jordan

Not quite true. They get bigger cheers for goals in playoff games.

JH

actually, I bet a financial penalty would stamp it out really quickly.

Jordan Steele '01, didn't they try that one season and found that the injuries were actually worse than when they allowed fighting? I don't claim to be an expert on this subject, but I think I remember hearing something like that.

Yeah, they managed to stop fighting quite effectively that year, but it kind of sucked, so I wouldn't expect them to try it again. I don't mind fighting, personally, though I think the tourney that started this thread is just silly. Hockey's never going to be football-mainstream and fighting is certainly one of the unique aspects of the game.

Gotta agree. If you have an "enforcer" on your team, your opponent will think twice about taking out your star as he is "dipsy doodling" towards the goal. I think it adds another element to the game. Plus, injuries from fighting can't be nearly as severe as someone going for the knees on a hit. If the opposition goes for a knee, that offender will feel the consequences for the rest of the game.

A co-worker told me that in high-school hockey that if you drop your gloves and fight, you're gone. From the teal, from the league, forever. No more high school hockey ever again. College hockey has the increasing DQ policy. Then you become a professional and it seems anything goes.

If the opposition goes for a knee, they should be assessed major penalties, and fined/suspended/whatever from the league. A certain amount of self-enforcement is appropriate, but I personally prefer clean, hard, sportsmanlike play to watching a couple of guys beat the sh*t out of each other. If I want that kind of entertainment I'll watch cock fighting, kick boxing or MXC.

MXC is the best!

sorry, ignore this post



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I just met someone who was a NHB champ... is MXC anything like NHB?

[www.spiketv.com]

"Most Extreme Elimination Challenge". It's a kooky Japanese semi-reality show that's been dubbed over with adolescent yet amusing humor.

[q]...they put the "FU" back in FUN. [/q]

I just discovered MXC a week or two ago. I think it's slowly becoming my new guilty pleasure.

I love MXC as well. My wife thinks I'm crazy, but what's new.

I keep wondering what it says about Japanese society. Would a game show like that work in the US? But then I think about the Bachelor and Fear Factor and slip back into mindlessly enjoying people failing miserably and painfully at extremely odd physical challenges.

Jay Fisher '90

Or the Real World-Road Rules challenge