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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
EDIT: Actually I just had a thought. I wonder what all the people that actually think that this is a cash cow think of the new NHL. Apparently for some, calling penalties as they are written is okay, but enforcing laws as they are written is a bad idea.
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Penalties ensure that the competition is fair. Driving is not a competition. Furthermore, the ostensible purpose for writing tickets is to ensure safety...that clearly doesn't work.
There is 0 incentive for referees to call penalties beyond ensuring a fair competition. There is incentive for cops to write tickets: department funding, and enforced quotas.
If you want to make these things equal, change 2 things: write tickets for dangerous driving practices, instead of things that are arbitrarily deemed "illegal," and put traffic ticket funds into the insurance industry to offset costs for those who don't get ticketed.
CASH COW