Word: sporting
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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There is no question that the attack deserved the initial condemnation, outrage and punishment it has so far received. But to pursue legal action and prosecute McSorley in the courts is stepping too far. In a sport characterized by speed and contact, in a sport that pits large men against other large men in a small enclosed rink, in a sport that not only condones but practically encourages fist-fights, it is unreasonable to believe that tempers won't flare and altercations such as this won't happen. Additionally, coaches are just as guilty as players for spurring on such...
...cannot hold McSorley legally accountable for actions that his sport, his profession and his employer tacitly encourage. In football, we don't prosecute a cornerback for blindsiding a receiver and driving his head into the ground, nor do we place charges against a pitcher in baseball for beaning a batter in the head. Some might say these comparisons are unreasonable, claiming McSorley did what no one else in their right mind would have done. After all, McSorley went too far and hockey certainly doesn't condone hacking people over the head with sticks...
McSorley's is not a one-of-a-kind case in a sport where just this season, only 63 percent of its games are fight-free. One need only look at the other 37 percent to see other instances of goons and enforcers going at each other like Brashear and McSorley...
...brought when the league as a whole is responsible. Just as a football player knows each game might be his last, every hockey player understands the tremendous risk involved when he straps on his skates. To hold one man legally accountable for the demands and nature of his sport is unreasonable...
...results of the matches themselves were of little consequence. Harvard was heavily favored against each of its opponents. The Crimson is currently one of the few Eastern powers in what is predominantly a West Coast sport. By contrast, none of this weekend's opponents came close to being ranked in the latest National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Poll...