Violence in the NHL
Violence in sports is a very large controversial topic and both sides have very good supporting facts to back up their choice. Some say violence is used as a strategy and some say it is just too dangerous. Sports have always had an aspect of violence in them and everyone loves a good fight in hockey or a big crunching hit in football; plus, it’s sometimes the only reason people watch. Therefore, it would take too much away from big sports, such as hockey, if there was no violence. On top of that, the athletes would become less competitive in their sport and possibly have less of a competitive drive to play. Why is hockey such a well known sport? It is a well known sport because people not only play it, but they watch it. The Stanley Cup finals were viewed by an average of 3.1 million people because all the viewers wanted to see a good game. But part of a good game comes with big hits and strategic fights when needed and that is what many fans of the NHL love to see. Taking away violence from the NHL would most likely take away some viewers of regular NHL games. "Hockey is a tough game. With all the talk and everything that's going on right now, it frightens me a little bit that we are giving our players an excuse not to hit. I just hope that …show more content…
It would be too much of a change to take violence completely out of the game but it would be smart to make the punishments more harsh for the players who decide to portray severe, unnecessary violence. Fighting and big hits should always be apart of the great game and always should be, but severe violence should not have a place in hockey. On top of all this, it would upset a great deal amount of viewers of the NHL if there was not any big hits or intense fights in the
Violence in sports is a very large controversial topic and both sides have very good supporting facts to back up their choice. Some say violence is used as a strategy and some say it is just too dangerous. Sports have always had an aspect of violence in them and everyone loves a good fight in hockey or a big crunching hit in football; plus, it’s sometimes the only reason people watch. Therefore, it would take too much away from big sports, such as hockey, if there was no violence. On top of that, the athletes would become less competitive in their sport and possibly have less of a competitive drive to play. Why is hockey such a well known sport? It is a well known sport because people not only play it, but they watch it. The Stanley Cup finals were viewed by an average of 3.1 million people because all the viewers wanted to see a good game. But part of a good game comes with big hits and strategic fights when needed and that is what many fans of the NHL love to see. Taking away violence from the NHL would most likely take away some viewers of regular NHL games. "Hockey is a tough game. With all the talk and everything that's going on right now, it frightens me a little bit that we are giving our players an excuse not to hit. I just hope that …show more content…
It would be too much of a change to take violence completely out of the game but it would be smart to make the punishments more harsh for the players who decide to portray severe, unnecessary violence. Fighting and big hits should always be apart of the great game and always should be, but severe violence should not have a place in hockey. On top of all this, it would upset a great deal amount of viewers of the NHL if there was not any big hits or intense fights in the