Winnipeg River View

My Grandfather once said, "Baseball players shouldn’t discuss the details of their contracts in the public press – It’s ruining the game of baseball."
I believe he was right about that. Player contract negotiations are widely publicized now in all professional sports at all levels. YAWN.

Do you want to relive the era of Roman gladiators? ... Box Lacrosse.

Lacrosse: Noun
a game, originated by Indians of North America, in which two 10-member teams attempt to send a small ball into each other's netted goal, each player is equipped with a crosse or stick at the end of which is a netted pocket for catching, carrying, or throwing the ball.

Box Lacrosse brings the game indoors, it’s played on the concrete floor of a hockey rink. Speaking of hockey… you must learn something about, ‘cross-checking’.

Crosscheck: Noun
Ice Hockey. an obstructing or impeding of the movement or progress of an opponent by placing the stick, with both hands, across the opponent's body or face.

In the game of hockey, cross-checking is an illegal form of contact. If the referee catches you crosschecking an opponent, you’ll receive a 2-minute penalty. (4 minutes if you make them bleed – and if you do it right, they will.) In some cases, a player may receive a 5-minute major penalty and be forced to leave the game for cross-checking an opponent. If you did this to someone in public you’d be charged with attempted murder and serve ten years in prison.

In the game of Box Lacrosse crosschecking is an allowable form of contact. Brutal AF!

So, we have the brutality of the Roman Gladiators, greed for profit, combined with the need for selling beer all rolled up into, what I like to call, the NHL Playoffs.

My Opinion? I like watching hockey, and I probably shouldn’t have stopped drinking beer.