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Post by Bagheera on Mar 23, 2016 21:00:11 GMT
My point is. If you crosscheck two different players in the face with similar force and 1 gets a cut lip and the other gets concussion you should get a bigger ban for causing concussion. I don't agree with this at all. Although I expect it is potentially the norm. This doesn't happen in other pro sports does it? Basing or judging the length of 'confirmed bad action bans' on fate is a strange practice. Not often no, however in most other sports there are far less opportunities or instances for people to intentionlly try and injure an opponent. 80% of sports this just doesn't happen at all. That is 1 of the key differences of hockey. I'm not huge on rugby(I know a bit) but I would imagine you see more of this in Rugby. Plenty of different length bans for causing injury. The fact is in hockey compared to say football. When you check to the head/spear etc you are trying to hurt somebody therefor you deal with the punishment you get for hurting that person. Very rarely do people go out to really dangerously hurt somebody in football and when they do they get an extended ban(admittedly the actions may differ). Edit: I don't know but I guess in rugby if somebody got done for eye gouging they'd get say a 4 week ban. If that player lost an eye the ban would be far longer.
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Post by iginla on Mar 23, 2016 21:06:02 GMT
I don't agree with it either Jords. For me,in hockey,a head hit should be a three game ban end of.
The precedent for the "only one game" ban was set long before the Moran/Marsh hit though. It was Lidhammer at Dundee early this season who only got a one game ban and all the others since have pointed to that one,which is why Marsh got away with it and all the others since too.
Dops are the ones who got it badly wrong in the first instance and left themselves with no leeway.
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Post by Bagheera on Mar 23, 2016 21:13:06 GMT
I don't agree with it either Jords. For me,in hockey,a head hit should be a three game ban end of. The precedent for the "only one game" ban was set long before the Moran/Marsh hit though. It was Lidhammer at Dundee early this season who only got a one game ban and all the others since have pointed to that one,which is why Marsh got away with it and all the others since too. Dops are the ones who got it badly wrong in the first instance and left themselves with no leeway. Forgot about that one. And yes the main issue is DOPS not doing what it's designed to do.
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