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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
I don't see why body checking will ever need to be eliminated from the game. There are probably a hundred times more hits in hockey than fights, but I doubt that the ratio of injuries related to fights to injuries related to hits is anywhere even close to that far apart.
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That seems a convenient excuse. The objective fact is that bodychecking results in injuries. It results in head injuries. It results in a not insignificant number of head injuries.
Both carry the risk of head injuries. It is absurd to favour the removal of one because of the risk while supporting the retention of the other.