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Originally Posted by driveway
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I would be 100% in support of it. There's no room for stuff like that in our society. In fact, I would be downright pissed off if I had to keep watching someone like that play for my team.
Someone mentioned Bertuzzi, but IMO they aren't comparable. What he did was on the ice and he wasn't the only one culpable in that situation.
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On a tangential topic, a message board for the Minnesota Vikings, VikingsMessageBoard.com has completely shut itself down over the Adrian Peterson situation and subsequent fan reaction on the website.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-sh...141959347.html
What kind of situation would it take for CP to elect to shut down over behaviour of the team and behaviour of members on the board itself?
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I don't like hypotheticals, so I won't say exactly what it would take, but something along the lines of genocide.
One has to ask themselves this question: Why is it that the NFL and NHL have similar culture of violence on the field/ice, yet the NFL seems to have way higher incidences of violent behavior off the field? Is it the sense of entitlement and invincibility? Is it a cultural problem within the NFL? Goodell seemed to think there was an institutional problem in his press conference. Does it start at college where these guys are treated as local heroes and are given a free pass to get through school (lots of articles these days about schools having academic issues with athletes covered up or ignored). Does it start at high school? There seems to be issues with substance abuse in both leagues. There seems to be issues with post-concussion syndrome and serious brain changes including depression in both leagues. What is it with the violence off the field?