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Re: The Future of Sports

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Originally Posted by mathking View Post
The NHL has cleaned up its act a lot in the last five years or so, particularly since the lockout. But I can remember a number of nasty brawls in the late 90s. The increased fighting and what to do about it was actually a topic of a lot of heated debate. There were many people worried that if they cracked down on fighting fans would stop coming to the games. I always thought this was pretty condescending toward the fans, and it turns out that after they toughened the penalties for fighting people actually started enjoying the hockey.
While I won't disagree that there were a number of nasty brawls in the '90s (several involving my beloved Avalanche), there hasn't been a bench clearing brawl in quite some time. That is, players haven't been jumping out onto the ice once a fight starts to help their team out. Other players currently on the ice may jump into the action, but new ones don't clear the boards to engage.

And maybe steroid in baseball aren't such a bad thing compared to this alternative...
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