Or should be. Hockey violence is waning. Fights, while still too frequent, occur far less than in the old NHL days. Phil Esposito says that Gordie Howe's elbows, in the 1960s, should have been registered as deadly weapons. Kidding, kind of.
Cheap shots are fewer now in pro football.
When players know that videotapes are being checked, as they are at NFL headquarters every week, the incidents are fewer. No need for Superior Court. Sports should be competent to police themselves. Now, if a berserk second baseman pulls a pistol on an umpire, then we're talking something beyond. Mirandize the guy.