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Originally Posted by cam_calderon
The point is about risk. Matt Rempe has obviously accepted the tradeoff between health impacts and money and fame. He is a grown man who should have the agency to make that decision, and thankfully as things stand, he does.
I don't know that eliminating jobs for players of Rempe's ilk is something the PA would actually be pushing for.
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I think the PA would probably be able to think of the longer term impacts to their players, who are obviously not doing well after engaging in careers as fighters. The evidence is abundant.
Its long past due to get fighting out of the game.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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