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Originally posted by whiskers_ump
WMB,
I don't watch much hockey, but what I have seen when fights
break out, they let them go. They have sticks, our combatants
have bats. I am staying away. My contract says nothing about me
getting in the middle of a cat fight and breaking it up. That is
the coaches job. Now if I was a refree for a boxing match, that
would require me to break it up at certain moments.
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Hockey fights are the easiest of all sports fights to break up.
They're on skates, for crying out loud. They can't really plant and throw with any real force and the fact they're on skates puts them off balance easily. In addition, there is an unwritten 'rule' - once the linesmen go in, the fight is over. Only the VERY looney will continue to fight once the linesmen go in.
I would NEVER want to be in a position to have to break up a fight where people are GENUINELY riled up and can plant and throw punches with significant force.