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If you're looking at your feet, you're gonna get run over, no one in the NHL looks at their feet.
Sure they do. Not while stick handling or skating normally, but while receiving a bad pass, sending a puck between their skates while trying to out-maneuver a defender, etc. Cages affect your peripheral vision, as well.
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> Now hitting someone when their head is low invariably is a suspension. The responsibility is on the tackling player. An attacker with his head too low is not a valid target. The rules are way more strict now, but this isn’t accurate. It has to be intentionally targeting the head, or feet leaving the ground. There is no responsibility on the player unless contact with the head was deemed to be avoidable. That doesn’…
I’m obviously not in favor of increasing concussions - but luckily I don’t buy into the argument that fighting increases concussions, so it’s not even a tradeoff in my view. Reducing fighting can cut the 5-10% of concussions that come from fighting in pro leagues and help reduce them elsewhere as an added bonus. A less ridiculous sport is icing on the cake.
It could be just a long transition phase, but stats show that fighting was the mitigation, not the problem. They removed the mitigation and unleashed the real problem. They are trying to address the real problem now, but so far, the evidence suggests that they have not yet found a more effective solution than allowing stars to have bodyguards. It would be great if they can solve both.
Good intentions can have unintended side effects. You know, like time the time the US toppled that brutal Saddam guy and accidentally made ISIS.
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That makes absolutely no sense. Chewing with dentures, especially dentures in colonial times, is painful and awkward as heck. George Washington had trouble with his teeth for well over 20 years. You really think people willingly went in for that trouble?
> You really think people willingly went in for that trouble? I have no trouble believing anyone went to any lengths to look good
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I’m obviously not in favor of increasing concussions - but luckily I don’t buy into the argument that fighting increases concussions, so it’s not even a tradeoff in my view. Reducing fighting can cut the 5-10% of concussions that come from fighting in pro leagues and help reduce them elsewhere as an added bonus. A less ridiculous sport is icing on the cake.
Read the stats. Concussions and missed games due to injuries are on the rise, with a jump immediately following the rule changes that made traditional enforcers no longer a viable option. You are trading that 10% for a much larger number due to bullies and pests getting away with cheap shots. It could be just a long transition phase, but stats show that fighting was the mitigation, not the problem. They removed the m…
The more reasonable explanation for more head injuries is the game is faster (much fewer hookings, for example) and a focus on speed and skill over size and strength.
There just is no “I can’t punch this guy in the face so I’ll give him a cheap blindside to the head”. The stats doesn’t support the hypothesis.
Coincidence - I'm watching Slap Shot right now. I'm amazed that only the goalie wore head gear. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slap_Shot
I suspect they didn't because the players need to be recognizable to the film goers. It's the same thing with movies about military pilots - they are filmed with the oxygen mask off. (Top Gun helpfully had the name of the pilot stenciled on the front of the helmet! Sort of like why knights had a coat of arms so you could tell who was who and not hack off the limb of your buddy.)
Slap Shot is from 1977. Helmets weren't compulsory in the NHL still 79/80. And that only for new players. Most were wearing them by 78, in the NHL. Slap Shot is about a minor league, so probably a lot fewer wore helmets.
Apparently some were still playing without helmets in 1996/97 !
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The barber pole was originally an advertisement for surgery and more. If I recall, Red meant bloodletting, White meant teeth, Blue meant haircuts. The Joe Rogan interview with Lindsey Fitzharris was a lot of fun. (also the interviews with elon musk, john carmack)
> If I recall, Red meant bloodletting, White meant teeth, Blue meant haircuts. I'm not sure that can be right, because I think blue's only used in the USA. (At least, I only see it with blue in emoji; in England they're red and white. Amusing if it is though, and the only still-relevant colour has been lost here!)
> In Renaissance-era Amsterdam, the surgeons used the colored stripes to indicate that they were prepared to bleed their patients (red), set bones or pull teeth (white), or give a shave if nothing more urgent was needed (blue).
Coincidence - I'm watching Slap Shot right now. I'm amazed that only the goalie wore head gear. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slap_Shot