Pros And Cons Of Becoming A Hockey Player's Aggression

The league office has taken various factors into account, as we considered enacting rule changes designed to reduce head injuries. First and foremost, we engaged in dialogue about whether any rule changes would threaten the “sole” of the sport. We came to the conclusion that these rule changes would not damage the sport, and would only legitimize it further. Secondly, we talked officials from other leagues regarding their changes in sports. Our league has experienced similar

My whole life I’ve been playing football and also watching football. To me football has been the best thing that has happened to my life. I love it so much, just how the game works with all the pieces that come together. Playing football gives you a better understanding of the game. I’ve played football for 8 years, throughout those years; my knowledge of the game has increased so much. Playing the sport really helps you compare yourself to them and gives you a better understanding on why penalties happen. Now in recent years football has taken a big turn in player safety. I feel that player safety is important but still is ruining the game. The public affected it big time. There are many rules of what you can and can’t do. Some are;

Hockey is known for the fast pace and potential for hard hits, but now many are asking if that is what

Second, the game of women’s lacrosse will become more aggressive. Last year, I played against a school from New York with my varsity team. All of their players were required to wear helmets. During the game, they were more aggressive with their sticks and could have easily injured several players. I observed the

In the arena of sports today there is a continuous subject in every sport hostility and violence. Aggression can be revealed in a lot of dissimilar methods in sports. In baseball hostility can be chucking a pitch inside to a player or gliding into second base and captivating the other basemen. In basketball it can be a foul that is hard and shoving someone to the ground. And in NASCAR it can be somewhat as little at bouncing another vehicle at a race track. Over the past few years aggression and violence in sports is growing bigger and bigger. It seems like you can not go a week or two without the news talking about a fight or argument that has occurred at a sporting event between a couple of players or teams.

Violence in ice hockey has been an identifying staple in the sport since “the first hockey leagues formed in the mid-1880’s,” (Ice Hockey Origins, Growth and Changes in the Game). Since the modern era of hockey, and the creation of the Stanley Cup, hockey has been viewed as one of the most violent sports in western civilization. Clarence Campbell, former NHL President has even said that “[w]ithout violence, there would be no such thing as hockey,” (Coakley). To an extent hockey is unmatched in illegal assaults by any other sport, in both amateur and professional leagues, (Colburn). This does not mean that the contact in other sports is not as intense as hockey, for example rugby and football are both very “violent” sports, but this

Many sports have “hammered lawsuits about the refusal to disclose or accept information about the long-term effects of head injuries to their athletes” (Oben, Roman) and they believe that the athletes rush back into action too soon. Athletes suffer thousands of concussions in sports each year. While athletes may know their risks, they choose to ignore for their pleasure and not anyone else’s. While that may seem selfish, the athletes do not want to give up a game they love. Sports have always held a high place in society so, what would society become without sports, let alone contact sports. Fans do not want to see football change to touch football or hockey disposed of all together, fans want to see the toughness in athletes taking a stand for the things they love to do. Although a “significant increase in concussion screenings” (Oben, Roman) that should not automatically determine that contact sports should modify to safer rules. If certain sports modified their rules then they are not the real sports true legends have played. In order to keep traditions and memories of sports, administrators should not modify rules of contact sports.

Fighting in the National Hockey League(NHL) has been an ongoing brutal way of getting fans excited. The past years the number of fights have dropped, with only 344 fights last season, the fewest number within the past 15 years (Adam Vingan). For those people who oppose fighting this comes as good news, as this area of the Hockey has been investigated heavily. In 1922, rule 56 was introduced into the National Hockey League which was supposed to regulate the fighting in the NHL and was called the official NHL rulebook(Wikipedia). Still today we have fighting in the National Hockey league even with rule 56 strictly enforced. It’s not just the fighting that’s the problem anymore, it’s the concussions and other side effects/injuries from it. Players are suffering far greater head trauma each time they get in a fight which further on in life leads to multiple health problems. If fighting were to be banned in the NHL, would it still be the same? Some may say yes, but others speculate no. For now, fans don’t see any changes coming soon so why not enjoy it better yet play it. Though pro-hockey is a sport known for its violence, it is a great career for the players that can make it into the pros. It is a great career because it provides a great income, the athletes thrive on the physicality of the sport, and it is growing in popularity worldwide.

In fact this statement is so dumb because it just proves that people really have no reason to keep fighting in the NHL. How does keeping goons on the ice throwing dirty hits, cross-checks, and slashes at players keep them safe? To emphasize, fighting causes brutal injuries such as death! Fighting is obviously dangerous, just in real life fighting against other people but just add in being on skates, fighting on solid ice truly increases the injury chances even more. Proven by the facts that I have given I think it is safe to say that taking fighting out is much safer then keeping it

“Just in one game involving Calgary and Vancouver there was over 200 minutes involving players to go into the penalty box. Due to these penalties it affected other players to play more than what they normally play”(“"Fighting in the NHL: Should It Stay or Go?"”). Not only does this affect all the teammates it also affected the amount of substitutions that got into the game and finally they did not have enough people to keep fresh players in the game it tired all of them out and its effects had ultimately costed them the game. Besides the penalties, the injuries have also influenced the choice to take or keep fighting as many players and left with bloody faces and broken bones as a result of these fights. Concussions have been a big issue as a result of these

Anti fighting advocates are calling for a complete ban of fighting in hockey, however fighting should stay in the game due to the fan and player approval rates, policing, and momentum shifts associated with fighting in hockey. As taboo as it may seem, fighting in hockey has always been a large reason casual and hardcore fans love the game. There are a few things that can make hockey fans leave their

Hockey has changed a lot over time. Hockey is in a much better place today than it was in the past. There are more teams and better players (Smith). With the NHL starting to recover, after the strike, hockey is being played on tv a lot more. NHL May start to fall once again since the Collective Bargaining Agreement expiration is coming up (Smith). However hockey has gone through many ups and downs which has proven it a much loved sport in the world through the

Fighting will keep the game more safe because it will reduce the dirty play like running around and slashing people because enforcers would step in if needed to prevent it. A player in the NHL named Shawn Horcoff, who plays for the Dallas Stars quotes that “ If you take fighting out of the game you're going to see more running around and dirty play like hit from behinds that leads to injuries”( Horcoff,2013). For example, Connor McDavid is getting slashed at and being headhunted every game which will lead to injuries later on down the road with no fighting which doesn't sound so safe at all. Furthermore, the NHL is coming out with more rules that are preventing injuries, but they say fighting is still needed. Brian Burke the head of hockey operations, said “ The fact of the matter is I think this game is safer with fighting in it”(Burke,2013).The amount of fighting in the game has been reduced dramatically, and that's a good thing.

Since the beginning of hockey, fans have gone crazy for the entertainment fights bring to the games. The punches thrown, blood drawn and players knocked out certainly excites the crowd and are part of the culture of the game. In fact, it is so widely accepted, that teams specifically hire big guys to be “enforcers” that protect the rest of the team and throw the punches no one else cares to. Despite its duration in the league, do these fights have negative consequences as well? Lately, there has been great controversy over whether or not to continue to allow fighting in the league. The N.H.L. hasn’t declared any rule against fighting, but rather, has created a set of rules to outline the penalties and define the responsibilities of fights (National Hockey League: Official Rules 2014-2015). What the N.H.L. lacks, however, is a statement with evidence to support why they have chosen to allow fighting. With the current uproar, the League should consider the unfortunate facts and reassess their decision.

Fighting in NHL games is pretty common. Injuries as a result of those fights also happen, but things did not go quite as planned for the Anaheim Ducks' Kevin Bieksa when he had a one-punch takedown of Radko Gudas of the Philadelphia Flyers on October 24. Bieksa had so much momentum behind his punch that after Gudas fell, Bieksa landed on top of him. While many people who saw the impressive punch might assume that Gudas would be the player who would suffer a lasting injury as a result of the fight, it is actually Bieksa who will be unable to play for a while.