Sport related Manslaughter charge

[bruno 1,790]

Must admit when I saw the incident I thought it looked deliberate 

[auntie doris 2,342]

My cousin's grandson, Josh Abbott, is top marksman for Oxford City Stars and ex-GB player.,he knows Petgrave. Was chatting to him last week and Josh said doubt it was a deliberate kick to the neck but definitely meant to injure him, knowing Petgrave, no accident. Oxford first team to wear neckguards, its not compulsory. Petr Cech is their goalminder, but Oxford second bottom.

Josh had pretty bad facial injuries a few month ago was targeted by a known enforcer, then his Oxford teammates sought retribution on the ice.

Edited November 15, 2023 by auntie doris

[Humphrey Appleby 13,960]

6 hours ago, iainb said:

There's always been a bit of a debate of where the law starts and finishes in a sporting arena.

Don't think there should be any debate. If you deliberately set-out to injure someone, whether the street or a sports arena, you should be subject to the full force of the law. 

Of course there have to be some exceptions like boxing and some martial arts where that's the point of the sport, and of course there's some sports with grey areas like ice hockey where thinly disguised violence is part of the game. But perhaps it's time for ice hockey to reconsider what sort of sport it wants to be. 

[ch958 2,395]

10 minutes ago, Humphrey Appleby said:

Don't think there should be any debate. If you deliberately set-out to injure someone, whether the street or a sports arena, you should be subject to the full force of the law. 

Of course there have to be some exceptions like boxing and some martial arts where that's the point of the sport, and of course there's some sports with grey areas like ice hockey where thinly disguised violence is part of the game. But perhaps it's time for ice hockey to reconsider what sort of sport it wants to be. 

Its ridiculously violent - there's absolutely no need for it in sport - its almost like its a selling point. 

[iainb 5,022]

1 hour ago, Humphrey Appleby said:

Don't think there should be any debate. If you deliberately set-out to injure someone, whether the street or a sports arena, you should be subject to the full force of the law. 

Of course there have to be some exceptions like boxing and some martial arts where that's the point of the sport, and of course there's some sports with grey areas like ice hockey where thinly disguised violence is part of the game. But perhaps it's time for ice hockey to reconsider what sort of sport it wants to be. 

The point of boxing and martial arts though is not to kill your opponent... or even hurt them for that matter, it's about scoring points

Edited November 15, 2023 by iainb

[OveFundinFan 4,143]

4 hours ago, iainb said:

The point of boxing and martial arts though is not to kill your opponent... or even hurt them for that matter, it's about scoring points

but if you knock someone out the crowd love it…..and the very fact someone has been knocked out means the brain has suffered a trauma that could cause death.

[Daniel Smith 5,666]

On 11/15/2023 at 4:42 PM, iainb said:

The point of boxing and martial arts though is not to kill your opponent... or even hurt them for that matter, it's about scoring points

 

On 11/15/2023 at 9:12 PM, OveFundinFan said:

but if you knock someone out the crowd love it…..and the very fact someone has been knocked out means the brain has suffered a trauma that could cause death.

 

Rider's & driver's almost killing themselves is also a selling point in all motorsports, the adverts are full of crashes, so (new) fans expect it. When it doesn't happen it's deemed boring. 

Racing is boring without a crash

Boxing is boring without a knockout 

Ice Hockey is boring without a smash in to the boards. 

Naturally, what keeps people interested & talking about sport is controversy. Without it, nobody would watch it. Controversy is what keeps people on the edge of their seats.