The Deaths of Three Hockey "Enforcers:" The Tragic Contradictions of Professional Sports
Submitted on September 26, 2011
By Jack Miller - WSWS
Professional hockey can be regarded as a showcase of outstanding talent, exhibited for the appreciation of informed and knowledgeable fans...But given the demands of the market, professional hockey is also an entertainment competing for the largest possible audience with a dozen other mass spectacles. The interplay between these contradictions has driven continual and accelerating change in the way hockey has been played over the past century.
