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Originally Posted by Goriders
What are you talking about?
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the TLDR is a section of fans discredit the authority of the NHLPA to make decisions about long term player safety with respect to how strict rules against fighting are. The under pinning of this is that players historically have been resistant to changes in safety equipment. The subtext is that these fans are making the argument that players cannot make a decision what is best for themselves, the rhetoric of which
makes it sound like players are too stupid to choose what the rule should be. Some of this is projecting, but some of it is people saying players have too many brain injuries to make good choices anymore, which is patronizing to say the least.