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Message: [QUOTE="BigErnMcCracken, post: 3965566, member: 70"] Weird hill to die on. For a long time fighting was a way to police misconduct in the sport. If you took a run at another team's best skill guy, you were gonna get pummeled or your team's tough guy was gonna get pummeled. If your team was sluggish and uninspired your tough guy was going to fight someone to fire up your team. These are, to me, unimpeachable truths about the game. It's much, much less prevalent now - the game is more about speed and skill and less about hitting and violence - but it's still around. It seems odd to deny that it's inextricably bound up with the sport. [/QUOTE]