>Fighting is usually an escalation of illegal, intimidating or retaliatory
>acts, or the result of a vicious hit, or a play that scored a goal, or being
>penalized unfairly.  Fighting is not PART of the game in the purest sense.
>If I were threatened with legal prosecution and incarceration I'd think twice
>before I threw my fists or committed an act that could harm another player.
>"Sin Bins" are a ritual hand slapping; officiating at its best is
>imperfection. Fights only sets up bad feelings for the next game. They're
>counterproductive.
 
I'm not gonna go into the whole fighting/non-fighting arguement. I'll never
change your mind and you'll never change mine. But I still don't see how
this Minnesota newspaper or anyone thinks they should make fights/brawls
among professional athletes punishable in courts. That's what the leagues
are there for. Besides, if we make fighting illegal, does that mean boxing
automatically ceases to exsist?
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