In a message dated 2/4/99 10:42:56 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:
 
<< There is more illegal (and potentially harmful) stickwork in the minor
leagues
 
BY FAR than anything I have ever seen in college.  >>
 
True...but it's a completely different game in Europe whe there are no
facemasks.
 
<<I say this with no fear of
 
anyone proving otherwise. Two-handed slashes are a way of life in the
minors.>>
 
Two handed slashes are only one-tenth of what starts stick fighting in
European Pro Leagues. It can be everything from trash talking to (name your
penalty) that starts it there.
 
<<I don't know, football players probably get pretty
 
beaten up too, but you don't see them throwing off their helmets and squaring
 
off on a regular basis. Why? Because they know they'll get ejected if they
do.>>
 
Tell that to Andre Rison or Deion Sanders and they will just LAUGH.
 
Randy
 
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