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I think Basketball is like that because the fans are literally RIGHT THERE! No boards or stands in between them and the players....liability for the league.
Question brehs, why is it more acceptable to fight in Hockey and Baseball than in the NBA and NFL
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Born2BKing
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Yeah that's a very good point. Doesn't really stop fights though is my thing and it just punishes the players for heat of the moment incidents. Baseball and hockey fights are well more drawn out and escalate.
If fan safety was a factor, they'd have mentioned that. Other than the big Detroit brawl, the reason has always been image. Always.
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Texas2step
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Well you to think about it, in baseball it is normally 1 offensive player on the field versus 9 defensive players so that is why they clear out the bench. But it is still clearly a double standard. Football or Basketball players are condemned if they get a tech or 15 yeard penalty bc it seen as being selfish and not controlling your anger. Whereas in Baseball, they can get kicked out and it is not seen as hurting the team or hot tempered but rather as up lifting the team or motivating them in some way
Born2BKing
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Yeah I was listening to callers on the radio say this very thing about the braves being about to fight. Like "It was geat to see they were ready to fight and show Bryce we are the big dogs in baseball". I was like damn...ok?
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Fighting is part of hockey. It's how they police each other.
Fighting in MLB and NBA were treated similarly by both leagues and press until the Malice in the Palace. That was the game changer.
Fighting in MLB and NBA were treated similarly by both leagues and press until the Malice in the Palace. That was the game changer.
Born2BKing
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This is a poor ass excuse broskie
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It's true though. That's why they tolerate it. shyt, the refs let them fight until someone is on the ground. Without fighting, the hockey superstars would not make it through an entire year. The enforcers keep the goons in check.
They don't have a league office? A disciplinary comittee? Nothing?
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KatieGotAzzHairs
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No, that's really the main reason or should I say part of the reason there's fighting in the NHL. Trust me I'm a long time hockey fan, been one since I was five and played since I was seven. Say for instance some big lumbering defensemen comes and slams your star player into the board, there's a good chance someone will go up to that defensemen and at the very least start shoving him around for hitting the star player. And it could very well escalate into a fight. Sometimes if a player hits a rookie, the rookie's teammate may come over and harass that opposing player and that could result in a fight. So it's used to enforce "law" which is where the term enforcer comes from.
But sometimes dudes just fight because they're pissed at one another or maybe they want to give their team a spark if they're losing.
I'm not saying its a good or bad reason, but there it is.
Anyway, there's been increased chatter over the years about is fighting even necessary in the game and perhaps it should be taken out. In the European game you'll get ejected automatically for a fight I believe. It's just the NA game where you get your five minutes penalty. But the European leagues are less physical due in larger part to a larger ice surface.
Yeah I think that might play a major role in it. shyt easily spills into the crowd and then we have this on our hands