Lots of debate on this the last few days. Fighting is a great example, if banned it would alienate the people that watch the sport now, that is certain. But would it attract new people to the sport? And does that even matter?
The NHL has expanded dramatically in the "Southern Cites" the last 15 years to places like Dallas, Tampa Bay, Phoenix, Colorado, Anaheim. While some of these were expansion teams, others came at the cost of leaving a Canadian City.
The era of Gary Bettman (someone who is almost universally hated around here at Y!A) has ushered in several changes to try to reach out to more people: the shootout, the extra point for overtime, the infamous "glowing puck", changes to "open up" the game.
So let's get down to the crux of the matter. Is it more important to reach new people --- changing the game in the process -- or to preserve the rules and traditions of Hockey?
2007-03-23
06:44:56
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