Don Wassall said:
As a result, hockey fights are one-on-one bouts only. It's also difficult to fight on skates. Many hockey players are good fighters, but it's rare when one actually gets hurt in a fight. If they were fighting flat-footed on a non-ice surface akin to a basketball court, fighting would be strictly outlawed in hockey.
Another difference is that a barrier separates fans from the players. Basketball players can be in the stands in an instant; although a few NHL players tried to do climb into the stands in the past, those days are now gone.<!-- Message ''"" -->
As a hockey player, I could not have stated that any clearer myself.While watching clips from the Knicks/Nuggets "bassa-brawl" the other night, I witnessed Carmelo Anthony hit a player with a sucker punch and then run away...lol.In hockey, that is unheard of.If you square off someone on the ice, its always a concentual decision. And a player NEVER runs away after the altercation starts.If a player were to sucker punch an opponent in hockey, someone from their own team would beat them senseless, come practice time.
As I was watching Quite Frankly the other night (I know...why punish myself), Mr. Smiff had two of his usual "sports expert brotha" types on, when discussing the Knicks/Nuggets brawl.One of them IMMEDIATELY attacked hockey, saying that the sport isn't "under a microscope" like the NBA, because hockey is a White sport.The guest then proceeded to say that because the NBA consistes of predominantly black males, that they are subject to more scrutiny.Typical black response...blame Whitey once again.
But what people fail to realize, is that during that fight, the players fell onto people in the crowd (some of which were women).Could you imagine if one of those animals swung and missed, and hit some female member of the crowed with a punch?A shot from one of those guys could potentially KILL a female.Then what would all the media pundits say? ...that she shouldn't have been there in the first place? Unbeleivable, these morons never cease to amaze me with the amount of excuses they come up with for black bad behavior.These "affletes" need to take some responsibility for their own actions, and learn some self control.
Edited by: Ground Fighter