A Different kind of skills competition...
Posted by dsr11
A Different kind of skills competition...
Posted by: dsr11 (---.dyn.optonline.net)
Date: December 17, 2003 11:20AM
[story.news.yahoo.com]
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,"
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,"
Re: A Different kind of skills competition...
Posted by: Jeff Hopkins '82 (---.airproducts.com)
Date: December 17, 2003 06:17PM
They should hold it in Philly. The biggest cheers at last night's game were for the fights.
JH
JH
Re: A Different kind of skills competition...
Posted by: Josh '99 (---.ny325.east.verizon.net)
Date: December 17, 2003 11:25PM
And also at EVERY GAME EVER PLAYED IN PHILADELPHIA, EVER.
Jeff Hopkins '82 wrote:
They should hold it in Philly. The biggest cheers at last night's game were for the fights.
Re: A Different kind of skills competition...
Posted by: JordanCS (---.grafenwoehr.army.mil)
Date: December 18, 2003 06:24AM
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
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
Re: A Different kind of skills competition...
Posted by: Jeff Hopkins '82 (---.airproducts.com)
Date: December 18, 2003 07:53AM
Not quite true. They get bigger cheers for goals in playoff games.
JH
JH
Re: A Different kind of skills competition...
Posted by: RedAR (---.harvard.edu)
Date: December 18, 2003 08:16AM
actually, I bet a financial penalty would stamp it out really quickly.
Re: A Different kind of skills competition...
Posted by: dss28 (---.client.comcast.net)
Date: December 18, 2003 12:11PM
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.
Re: A Different kind of skills competition...
Posted by: CowbellGuy (---.biotech.cornell.edu)
Date: December 18, 2003 12:15PM
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.
Re: A Different kind of skills competition...
Posted by: atb9 (---.resnet.cornell.edu)
Date: December 18, 2003 01:09PM
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.
Re: A Different kind of skills competition...
Posted by: KenP (---.abrfc.noaa.gov)
Date: December 18, 2003 02:03PM
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.
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.
Re: A Different kind of skills competition...
Posted by: Adam '04 (---.ia3.marketscore.com)
Date: December 18, 2003 03:32PM
MXC is the best!
Re: A Different kind of skills competition...
Posted by: KenP (---.abrfc.noaa.gov)
Date: December 18, 2003 03:36PM
sorry, ignore this post
Post Edited (12-18-03 15:37)
Post Edited (12-18-03 15:37)
Re: A Different kind of skills competition...
Posted by: dss28 (---.client.comcast.net)
Date: December 18, 2003 03:39PM
I just met someone who was a NHB champ... is MXC anything like NHB?
Re: A Different kind of skills competition...
Posted by: KenP (---.abrfc.noaa.gov)
Date: December 18, 2003 04:21PM
[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]
"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]
Re: A Different kind of skills competition...
Posted by: Will (---.cable.mindspring.com)
Date: December 18, 2003 04:38PM
I just discovered MXC a week or two ago. I think it's slowly becoming my new guilty pleasure.
Re: A Different kind of skills competition...
Posted by: Jay Fisher (---.org)
Date: December 18, 2003 04:49PM
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
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
Re: A Different kind of skills competition...
Posted by: dss28 (---.client.comcast.net)
Date: December 18, 2003 05:30PM
Or the Real World-Road Rules challenge
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