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Originally Posted by dissentowner
No but arguing to get rid of fighting for player safety reasons is ridiculous! Those guys know what they do for a living. Are you going to ban boxing? How about UFC? You want to take fighting out of the game because it impedes the flow, ok, I can see that. Saying it has to go for player safety reasons in a game that has multiple big injuries every season from big hits, is a physical game, and those guys know their role is just weak and ridiculous. The "player safety" card in this argument is pure b.s.
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Hockey isn't boxing or MMA. Not sure what relevance that has.
I don't see how anyone can make a reasonable argument that removing the element of getting punched in the face does not make a game safer.