Headshots

HOCKEY HAS TO BE A GREAT GAME…SIMPLY BECAUSE IT CONTINUES TO SURVIVE THE COMPLETE MISMANAGEMENT OF THE NHL…
FROM THE SAME PEOPLE WHO GAVE US THE “DEAD PUCK ERA”…
TWO LOCK OUTS…AND THE PHOENIX COYOTES…
NOW COMES “HEAD SHOTS UNLIMITED”…
2 WEEKS INTO THE NHL SCHEDULE AND THERE ARE ALREADY 15 PLAYERS OUT WITH CONCUSSION OR HEAD RELATED INJURIES…
THAT INCLUDES KEITH BALLARD OF THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS…
AFTER DECADES OF WATCHING THE CAREERS OF NHL PLAYERS CUT SHORT BECAUSE OF HEADSHOTS…
THE ISSUE FINALLY WAS ADDRESSED LAST SEASON…
BUT ONLY AFTER MARC SAVARD OF THE BRUINS WAS KNOCKED OUT BY A BLINDSIDE HIT BY MATT COOKE…
AND ONLY AFTER THE OWNER OF THE BRUINS…JEREMY JACOBS DEMANDED ACTION…
JACOBS ALSO JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NHL BOARD OF GOVERORS...
IN OTHER WORDS…HE’S GARY BETTMAN’S BOSS…
FOR THE RECORD…SAVARD IS STILL SUFFERING FROM POST CONCUSSION SYNDROME…
PROBLEM IS…THE HEADSHOT RULE ONLY GIVES THE LEAGUE THE POWER TO REVIEW THESE HITS AND APPLY DISCIPLINE…
WHAT IT DOES NOT DO IS CLEARLY DEFINE THE DISCIPLINE…
AND THAT MEANS IT IS STILL BUSINESS AS USUAL…
AS A RESULT…ON MONDAY SHANE DOAN RECEIVED A MERE 3 GAME SUSPENSION FOR HIT BLINDSIDE HIT ON DAN SEXTON…
NOW!!!...TAKE A LOOK AT THE APPROACH BY THE NFL TO SAME PROBLEM…
ON SUNDAY THERE WERE A NUMBER OF DANGEROUS HITS…
THE WORST WAS THE ONE BY DUNTA ROBINSON OF THE FALCONS ON DESEAN JACKSON OF THE EAGLES…
BOTH LEFT THE GAME WITH CONCUSSIONS…
TODAY THE NFL ANNOUNCED NEW TOUGHER RULES ON DANGEROUS HITS…AND THOSE RULES WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THIS WEEKEND…
THE NFL REFERS TO IT AS A “HIGHER STANDARD OF ACCOUNTABILITY”…
SO WHY IT IS SO DIFFICULT FOR THE NHL TO DO THE SAME???
SIMPLE…COMMISSIONER GARY BETTMAN CLEARLY DOES NOT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE PLAYERS OR THEIR SAFETY…
SO WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THE NHL TO FINALLY TAKE THESE HEAD SHOTS SERIOUSLY???
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