Can someone, please, explain...

[beachguy in thongs]

Although it is officially prohibited in the rules, at the professional level fights are sometimes used to affect morale of the teams, with aggressors hoping to demoralize the opposing players while exciting their own, as well as settling personal scores. Both players in an altercation receive five-minute major penalties for fighting. The player deemed to be the "instigator" of an NHL fight is penalized an additional two minutes for instigating, plus a ten-minute misconduct penalty. This so-called instigator rule is highly controversial in NHL hockey: many coaches, sportswriters, players and fans feel it prevents players from effectively policing the objectionable behavior of their peers, which is often cleverly hidden from referees. They point to less extreme on-ice violence during the era before the rule was introduced. Toronto Maple Leafs owner Conn Smythe famously observed that "If you can't beat 'em in the alley you can't beat 'em on the ice."

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/ice+hockey

[The Figment]

I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out...

[t3chyo]

I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out...

If you didnt write that sentence the way it is on purpose than you'll have a nice little laugh when you're sober:thumbsup:

[Binzhoubum]

Soccer is, by far, the most boring sport in existence. :smokin:

[WeedLovingVeteran]

No football is a legend.....for all you Yanks thats soccer. The wonderful game actually requires high fitness levels and good skill.

[Reefer Rogue]

Football > Hockey

Pelé > Gretsky

[LIP]

I saw an American Ice Hocky game and 3 blokes crashed into a goal and 2 got up and the tother guy got on his hands and knee's and pulled off his helmet and he'd slit his throat on a ice skate and within like 5 seconds he'd made a big puddle on the ice, and i mean big. Even though blood on ice looks more than their is he'd probably lost a pint in 5 seconds, and i could see it spurting when he put his head back.

Never watched hocky again.

[beachguy in thongs]

That's weird. I saw a guy playing soccer and, when the ball was on the other side of the field, a bunch of nutbags knocked over the fence seperating the field from the fans and...he died.