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Old 06-09-2014, 04:19 PM   #35
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Originally Posted by Bandwagon Surfer View Post
People always talk about how scoring needs to increase to appeal to a larger american audience, but I do not think that is true. I think changes like this to make the application of the rules more consistent, predictable and easier to understand will have a bigger impact on hockey's appeal.

Purely anecdotal but most americans I meet do not like sports they do not understand. Not having well defined rules and their enforcement are a big part of that. When I talk to people hate soccer and dig into why I get to reasons like: "I don't understand extra time, how do I know exactly what how long is left?", "Why was that guy carded but not the other?", or "Players are cheating by diving and there is no enough getting caught".
I agree somewhat but then why isnt pass interference reviewable?
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