<snip> [log in to unmask] wrote:
 
>>Fighting in a sport should be as least a misdemeanor and
>>maybe a felony, rather than a five-minute stay in the penalty box.
 
>Strongly disagree here.
>I think a great deal more, a great great deal more, people have been
seriously >injured in the normal course of events in sports than in a
fight/brawl.
 
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.
 
Vicki
 
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