The lockout is now an afterthought. The regular season is in full swing. Alas, the NHL is playing doctor to its problems.
Hardly so.
A dark cloud looms large over the league—one that could cause great turmoil down the road, a problem too big for these practitioners to mend.
The NHL has become the laughingstock of professional sports when it comes to player safety, and it doesn’t appear the league is going to alter its stance.
To the average fan, it would seem inevitable for the league to harness this mess of a situation by clamping down on blows to the head.
Head injuries—more so concussions—have sidelined a number of players already season. And, for some strange reason, the league continues to look the other way instead of dishing out hefty suspensions and fines to the perpetrators.
It’s not as if this is a laughing matter worth a slap on the wrist. No, the results of these criminal acts can threaten a player’s career, if not their life.
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Why It’s Time for NHL to Dramatically Change Its Player Safety Stance
February 26th, 2013 by Tyler Poslosky Leave a reply »
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