Thanks, I wonder if there is any liability from a governing body perspective in failing to ensure the safety of the players. From what I understand neck guards are a thing and could have been enforced reasonably enough.
At least in the NHL, it's the players who have typically been against this sort of thing. They didn't even want what little helmeting they currently have to wear.
It's not obligatory in the NHL, so I doubt it's something you could sue or prosecute over. Someone put on the RIP thread it'll be the Phillip Hughes equivalent in terms of a sport changing its protective gear, I think that's true
It might be apocryphal but I read genital protection pre dated head protection by decades!
I get the analogy but can't help my ignorant mind in thinking that a sport with blades is inherently dangerous
So is throwing a hard ball at your head at 90 mph.
Not the right threat but what's the consensus here, was this a deliberate intent to hurt or a pure accident?
Adam Johnson: Manslaughter arrest over ice hockey player's death
A man is held in connection with the death of Nottingham Panthers player Adam Johnson.www.bbc.co.uk
And playing a sport where your body is subjected to car accident levels of force multiple times over a 3/4 hour period.
That tracks.
College football is definitely the closest we get to European soccer in terms of tribalism. College gets in people's blood in a different way to the pros, for whatever reason.
