Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!citrin From: citrin@ucbvax.ARPA (Wayne Citrin) Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey Subject: Re: NHL Rule Change Message-ID: <8516@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 13:52:33 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8516 Posted: Wed Jun 26 13:52:33 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Jun-85 07:45:31 EDT Reply-To: citrin@ucbvax.UUCP (Wayne Citrin) Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 15 Okay, so many people have pointed out the flaws in my argument that even I can see them. Jeff has a good point: that enforcement of the rules would make it harder for a team to provoke a retaliation by punishing the aggressor. Of course, such a rule is already on the books for fighting penalties, in order to prevent a team from sending out their goon to get into a fight with the other team's star. Someone suggested supplemental penalties to be given if a team's penalties went over a certain limit. I don't think that would be a good idea. Teams would be afraid to play aggressive hockey at the end of a game if they were near their penalty limit. This rule might help prevent fights, though, if it just counted penalties other than minors. Wayne CCitrin (ucbvax!citrin)