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Originally Posted by valo403
And I disagree that the sole purpose of NHL punishment is to make the league safer. Pretending that there aren't a number of other considerations that go into the crafting of rules, enforcement and discipline decisions loses sight of the reality of a multi billion dollar league. I don't think that bias exists on a large scale when it comes to handing out punishment, but I do think that things are structured to protect and enhance certain aspects of the game, and certain players, while targeting less desirable aspects or players.
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Which is why I said "Ideally". I absolutely recognize that this isn't the case. In fact player safety is not even the primary consideration in reality, much less the only one. As a normative matter, there shouldn't be multiple standards. As a descriptive matter there obviously are.