But what about when I stick my knee out at your bretheren and sideline him for the rest of the season and most of the next one? What are you gonna do about it? Huh, ninny-boy (just trying to illustrate a point )
It's there because the players need to police themsleves, because, I guess, the rules for nearly killing someone during the course of regular play (elboy to the face, for example), barely seem to deter anyone at all from doing so.
Stiffer penalties for fighting would likely deter the pre-conceived fights, but I dont think it would help for the rest of the game. Little guys would get murdered....and they can, within the rules...if no one was there to step in.
Weird issue.