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Back in the good old days....
You wouldn’t find a head hunter like Wilson. Either no team would pick him or if he did get picked wouldn’t last long. The players policed the game.
 
dwind said:
Back in the good old days....
You wouldn’t find a head hunter like Wilson. Either no team would pick him or if he did get picked wouldn’t last long. The players policed the game.
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Darcy Tucker, Claude Lemieux and many others would disagree. I mean, yes they policed themselves but the dirty players still made a decent living. There were just 75% more fights that “policed” the game.

Even back in 60’s and 70’ dirty players made a good living.

But I definitely know where you are coming from. The game has changed a lot.
 
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I was looking back to the 60’s and early/mid 70’s.
players didn’t use sticks,,we kept them at or below waist level, we played hard but somewhat fair never targeting a head Unless it was with fists. The only vulnerable players were the ones that were carrying the puck up the ice with their head down.
 
dwind said:
I was looking back to the 60’s and early/mid 70’s.
players didn’t use sticks,,we kept them at or below waist level, we played hard but somewhat fair never targeting a head Unless it was with fists. The only vulnerable players were the ones that were carrying the puck up the ice with their head down.
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Yea. I was editing my post when you were posting. I thought about it and figured you meant that.
 
dwind said:
I was looking back to the 60’s and early/mid 70’s.
players didn’t use sticks,,we kept them at or below waist level, we played hard but somewhat fair never targeting a head Unless it was with fists. The only vulnerable players were the ones that were carrying the puck up the ice with their head down.
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Plus, the heavier sticks of that era made it VERY apparent you were holding an actual weapon in your hands. Helmets and other protective gear play a role too. When everybody's melon was exposed, the guys were a lot less casual about targeting an opponent's head. Eric Lindros talks a lot about how the extra padding and hard shell protective gear makes it easier to crush somebody with an elbow or shoulder, because you don't feel it. Sometimes we actually free guys up to cause more damage in the effort to protect them.
 
jeffbear said:
Plus, the heavier sticks of that era made it VERY apparent you were holding an actual weapon in your hands. Helmets and other protective gear play a role too. When everybody's melon was exposed, the guys were a lot less casual about targeting an opponent's head. Eric Lindros talks a lot about how the extra padding and hard shell protective gear makes it easier to crush somebody with an elbow or shoulder, because you don't feel it. Sometimes we actually free guys up to cause more damage in the effort to protect them.
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Very correct JB.
we had cotton padding in our jerseys for should and elbow padding, no forearm padding at all, no helmets, etc. basically it was shin guards, cup and gloves. our skate boots were softer kangaroo leather and our skate blades were razor sharp Sheffield steel.
 
dwind said:
Very correct JB.
we had cotton padding in our jerseys for should and elbow padding, no forearm padding at all, no helmets, etc. basically it was shin guards, cup and gloves. our skate boots were softer kangaroo leather and our skate blades were razor sharp Sheffield steel.
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I grew up playing football with fairly flimsy helmets and shoulder pads that were little more than ABS plastic stitched over closed cell foam padding. We didn't lead with our heads because you are 100% going to hurt yourself as much (or more) as you would the other guy. We hit through the body mass because that was the only you could tackle without getting hurt. Today? Screw that. Guys throw themselves around like freaking missiles, confident that they're protected. It only takes a single generation for that stuff to become completely ingrained in any contact sport.
 
Paulie Walnuts said:
some people say to stop head hits in FB go back to leather helmets. Good idea but it won't happen.
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I mean ... there are plenty of head shots (and concussions) in Rugby and they don't wear anything more than padding on their heads ... mostly they wear nothing on their heads. There are no easy answers to these kinds of problems despite what people on the internet say.
 
Rugby League players make freaking peanuts, man. I'm pretty sure I read fairly recently that in England their average pay was below that for 3rd tier pro soccer ... League 1 level. International players clearly get a bit more, but the rank and file ... woof. That's one rough sport to be making such small wages.
 
Some NFL guys justify their pay in that any game/hit could mean their career is over. I think the average time served is maybe 5 years.
 
Chris Johnston from Sportsnet reports that the NHL has reached a 7 year deal with ESPN for half of their US media rights package. The deal will include the rights to broadcast 4 Stanley Cup Finals between 2022 and 2028 and includes streaming rights.

www.sportsnet.ca

Sources: NHL, ESPN reach seven-year U.S. broadcast deal

ESPN is believed to have reached a seven-year deal to become one of the NHL's media partners starting next season, according to multiple league and industry sources.
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This is a very much a bfd for the league since it means that ESPN will start featuring hockey again.
 
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