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Originally Posted by Textcritic
While we can all recognise a "staged fight", I'm not at all convinced that distinguishing them from fights that erupt as a part of the game and treating them differently is at all possible. I think the only way this works is a hard crack-down.
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Do you consider the suggestion of the automatic suspensions a hard crack-down?
The difference between a staged fighter and the spontaneous fight is the frequency. Everyone knows who the staged fighters are because all they do is get on the ice and throw down. They will have 15+(?) fights per season?
The passionate fighter who is sticking up for his teammate or defending his goalie is likely only going to have a couple of fights per year because it is not a primary function of his game.
If you find the line to specifically penalize the dedicated fighters for being dedicated to fighting AND start to penalize the team for carrying such frequent fighters on their roster then what you will end up with is just the spontaneous fighters that only fight when needed as opposed to doing so as a primary function of their job.