Proving yourself in the NHL

Hey fellow bloggers,

During class last week we were discussing how men have to show their masculinity through fighting and violence. We talked about the WWE and how men have to show their "manhood" through fake punches and getting hit in the head by chairs.....fake stuff, and a joke might I add.

But for this blog I am going to be talking about how hockey players in the NHL have to sometime prove themselves through starting a fight. Lately, with commissioner Gary Bettman looming over ideas to get rid of fighting in hockey because he is trying to make it a family oriented game fans still flock to arenas to see their favorite heavyweight players go toe-to-toe with one another at center ice. But this is besides the point I am trying to get across...Hockey players weather rookie or veteran sometimes will get into a scrap just to prove themselves as a man out on the ice. By dropping the gloves it shows that they have guts and it shows other players that they aren't scared, otherwise proving their masculinity to the fans, and the other team. Fighting is exceptionally popular in "Rookie Camps". What a rookie camp is, is that it is the final showdown where a player can strut his stuff in front of the team they are going out for. Players will show the scouts what they having by dropping the gloves and proving that they are a "bigger man" and they aren't scared.

Hopefully, the commissioner of the NHL realizes that fighting is a proving point and a game changer in the NHL. So get rid of the phony WWE junk and look at a real right where men prove themselves on the ice with skates on.

-Brandon