On November 3 and November 8, we talked about deviance in sports. We see multiple variations of deviance in sports today. Mostly today it is performance enhancing drugs or just drug use. We see some fights every now and then too. A good example of that would be the fight O'Dell Beckham and Josh Norman got into last year. There's other examples too like; illegal drugs, violent crimes, and stealing, fighting, bounty hunting, academic cheating, performance enhancing drugs, gambling, and illegal recruiting practices. The purpose of this was to talk about fighting in hockey. It is the one sport that isn't based around fighting to let the athletes fight. Of course there's a penalty, but that is all. Now-a-days we don't really see much fighting anymore. There used to be a fighter role on each team, but with the game adapting to the times a fighter is ineffective.
Another argument is with player safety, should it even be in the game? It is a dangerous part of the game and there is a pretty high chance for injury, but there's certain aspects it brings. Fighting allows for the players to police themselves on the ice, hold each other responsible. It is apart of those unwritten rules each sport has. There are ways to police it which is good to see, but to see the sport change from the original way is tough to see.
Check out these links to go into more detail about hockey fights:
http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=6367
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/280060-should-fighting-stay-in-the-nhl
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