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Originally Posted by transplant99
Football leads in concussions versus any other sport....by miles.
if you are taking a stand on hits to the head then body checking needs to end as well. Putting your shoulder into a guys chest straight on and he has any momentum, that brain is bouncing back and forth inside the skull.
All contact sports have these risks, fighting is no more dangerous than any of it, even if it does add to the overall totals.
I would be curious if their is a data set that shows how many players diagnosed with concussions were from bodychecking compared to fighting.
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You missed my main point. Hockey players fight to protect their top players. Tom Brady is a top player who gets hit all of the time without it resulting in fights. Aside from combat sports, fighting is embraced in hockey alone.
Checking is a means to separate the puck from player. I recognize that a hard hit may cause some trauma to the brain but nothing like a shoulder or fist to the head. You are making quite the stretch here.
Fighting is far more dangerous than checking. Look at the mma fighter from Edmonton who died after a knockout punch. When did a hockey player die from a check?