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greenie <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>I commend Kenneth Baker on taking such a firm stand on "severe"
>infractions. However, there's something here that I've heard -- also
>mentioned by others -- that would only make the situation worse (in other
>words, the NCAA will probably implement it next month).
>>SIDENOTE: College hockey also needs a match penalty for 10 minutes which
>>would also carry an automatic ejection from the game giving the opposing
>>team an extra man for 10 minutes.
>IMHO, this would be just plain ridiculous. NO sport, college or
>professional, carries such a devastating penalty, and with good reason. In
>other college sports, there is no penalty which is as severe as a 5-minute
>major. Likewise, no other college sport is as violent as hockey.
The red card in soccer comes to mind. There the offender's
team plays a man down for the rest of the *game*. Of course, in
soccer there are 10 attackers rather than 5, so the loss of one is
proportionally less severe.
John Whelan
Cornell '91
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