On Smoking Is Awesome
lol..ahahaha....adenocarcinoma is hilarious!
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Posted on March 11, 2010 at 3:27 pm
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On Stupid Currency Markets Will Allow Chuckleheaded Canucks To Think They're Better Than Us
Zip it, Balk. You know you want it. Just let them overthrow the U.S. and be done with it. It was a fun 234 years while it lasted. Time to get back to work.
Posted on March 11, 2010 at 3:21 pm
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On Odd Man Rush: You Got Five For Fighting?
Assuming we are talking about NHL hockey, allowing fighting in hockey is obviously a "tradition," but there are more valid reasons than the above:
1) Consider that these guys jobs depend on doing well. If they don't 'wow' the organization, or at least do what they were hired to do, they WILL be sent down to the minors, if not picked up at all. There's a healthy dose of frustration served to them nightly.
2) They are doing more cardio-exercise in hockey than in any other Major sport. There's a skill exercise in hockey called a "Herbie" (named after hockey coach great Herb Brooks), where one skates as fast as they can for about 30 feet, slams on the breaks, then goes back and starts over. Try doing that just 10 times. You WILL collapse if you are not in top shape. Trust me.
3) It's all men. Testosterone-filled, alpha-male-wannabe men. Even if there is no conflict, the desire is usually there.
None of the above are a reason to fight. However, add 1, 2 and 3 together and it would be shocking if an occasional fight did NOT break out.
Hockey has its bad boys outside of the arena, (Chelios, Heatley), but the number of hockey players who get in trouble with the law are WAY less than you find in football, basketball and baseball. Could the reason why be that they are allowed to vent their frustration with a few punches and a shove?
One thing many don't touch on with the fight/not fight debate is that the fights are always controlled. The refs allow the fight but as soon as the players/fighters fall down or there is a obvious 'winner,' they immediately break it up. Most fights last no more than 10-15 seconds.
There is an unwritten "rule" in hockey that whatever happens on the ice stays on the ice. Meaning, if a fight is inevitable, take care of it and get on with your business. There's no reason to fight anywhere else than on the ice because it's part of the game - and that's where it should stay.