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Originally Posted by butterfly
If it’s so horrible then they’ll suspend people for it. But then the fighting is in my biology crowd will get mad at the NHL, and they make up a significant portion of the fan base, so I doubt it will happen as long as Bettman is around.
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The percentage of people strongly opposed to removing fighting (14%) is far smaller than the percentage who feel the game would be better off without it (43%) and who strongly support a ban (34%).
https://researchco.ca/wp-content/upl..._14Jan2022.pdf
They seem pretty insignificant in comparison.
At least one study has also shown that instead of “policing the game” or acting as a “deterrent, the level of violence and specifically violent penalties actually increases following a fight:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksa...udy-finds/amp/