Polemic®

Just asking–have any of the Figure Skating Keyboardists (FSK) made a compelling case as to why the instigator rule decreases non-fight violence? Maybe I’ve been hoodwinked by the “Troglodytes” ($10 says no hockey columnist in North America can define that word without looking) but it does seem to me that fear of getting your ass kicked might make you think twice about dirty hits.

Even the Figure Skater in Chief, Wayne Gretzky, thinks that tough guys aren’t the problem, it’s the non-tough guys trying to act tough, at least that’s what he said to TSN when asked about the Georges Laraque trade.

Anyway, they’ve used the so-called loosening of the instigator rule as “proof” that the Neanderthals have won. So, I’m just asking.