Really?
I don't watch anymore, except maybe when they get to the Stanley Cup semis. But I do see highlights at my gym in the morning and it seems they're always showing fights. Some guys in the locker room were talking about a Devils game they went to last week where the fights broke out during the warmups. I don't watch the NBA, but I probably see 50 NCAA BB games a year and I cannot recall ever seeing a fight.
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“But I do see highlights at my gym in the morning and it seems they’re always showing fights. Some guys in the locker room were talking about a Devils game they went to last week where the fights broke out during the warmups.”
Networks like ESPN ignore hockey, but show clips of the fights because that’s what they think people want to see. I saw a poll last year that asked two groups of people (regular hockey viewers and those who rarely see a game) how often fighting occurs. The group that rarely saw games believed that fighting happened four times as often as it actually did! Their perception was skewed by highlights and hearsay.
You can easily pick one game out of a entire season.
There was a Bruins game the other night an no fights or cheap shots happened.
When was the last time that NHL players went into the stands to fight fans?
When did it happen in the NBA? Two seasons ago?