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Originally Posted by puckluck2
Why would they go up? People are delusional if they actually think banning fighting will lead to more " cheap" plays. It hasn't stopped cheap plays for 100 years so not sure why getting rid of fighting will increase cheap plays.
Nobody in their right mind thinks "better throw out a knee now that nobody will challenge me to a fight"
Suspensions for dirty plays have always been the deterent, not fighting.
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Fighting has always been a way for players to settle the score. If they can't fight, elbows, high sticks, slashes, etc will increase as another method.