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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
If there were specific things the fishing industry could do in order to prevent deaths they would be obligated to do them.
The NHL and hockey can survive without fighting or hard hits. So the explanation that "they get paid a lot so its ok a small number of them die" doesn't hold water. And frankly is just an ugly POV all around.
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Well to be fair concussions are going to happen one way or another it’s a high speed sport played by men on blades on a cold surface as hard as concrete. Remove fighting and it’s still going to happen. Rather then remove entertainment from the game why not ramp up the way they treat and recognize concussions.
There is a reason why the overwhelming majority of NHL players want fighting in the game. What you ask for is essentially to remove the competitive essence of the game. In order to make the game at low risk ( and honestly still not at zero) you would have to make it a no contact sport. I think you’d have a dead sport at that point. We have to understand that there’s risks and do our best to work around them but you can’t just change the DNA of the game.
Edit- also to my knowledge no player has died during an NHL game so I believe your referring to the handful of suicides that have occurred over the last decade as a way to make it sound like a big boogeyman. But again very very small amount of people and to me the bigger problem is the lack of follow up with players after leaving the league. You also fail to mention that many of the players who did commit suicide had substance abuse problems during their career as well so it’s tough to say that their struggles were solely to do with hockey related concussions and not just overall substance abuse. I’m sure for a lot of guys regardless if they were a fighter or not, going from a high paying and high spotlight job to now no money and no one cares about you anymore can be tough as well.