At 02:38 AM 5/29/99 -0500, Eeyore wrote:
 
>You've managed to completely miss the point of Adam's comment.
 
Actually, no. But you've missed one of the points of the research, one of
the things that separates hockey from so many other sports. At most levels
of pro sports, the players suffering injuries are not the ones with the
most time on the ice, and not the premier players. Hockey's rate of injury
among its top players is phenomenal.
 
Compare the college game. Luckily this is another area where college
differs. Let's hope that the college game doesn't grow more similar to the
pro game with regards to injuries.
 
Furthermore, your math below doesn't make sense. You can't apply
mathematics in such a general sense, especially since you don't include
numbers for the "goon" or "revenge" factors that defensemen usually face
off against.
 
After all, everyone's chance of injury goes up whenever Jeff Odgers or
Kristof Oliwa step out onto the ice, regardless of how little playing time
they have.
 
[grin]
 
 
greenie
 
 
 
 
The firefighter
>is more likely to get burned, since to be burned you have to be close to the
>fire.  The firefighter is and the dentist is not.  The hockey analogy:
Where do
>most injuries take place?  On the ice.  Ergo, the player on the ice is the one
>most likely to get hurt.  Let's say that your top defenseman has half the
>likelihood of getting hurt as your fourth line center for any given length of
>playing time since he knows what he's doing.  But the defenseman is on the ice
>for 30 minutes a game and the center for only 7 1/2 minutes.  This means the
>blueliner is twice as likely to get hurt in any given game, since he logs four
>times the minutes.
>
>In your hiking example, the Coloradan is much more likely to get caught in an
>avalanche than the Floridian if the Floridian is still at home.
>
>J. Michael Neal
>
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