As Professional Sports Commissioners, we believe that keeping violence out of sports is a must.
Hockey is usually the sport that generally is seen as the most violent sport.
In order to regulate this violence and prohibit it from happening, we issue suspensions and fines on rule breakers. We believe that the punishment that we give meets the seriousness of the action, and therefore, it is not necessary for police and prosecutors to be involved. The players know that they are at risk to injury when playing a physical sport as hockey, and we as commissioners do our best to control the violence while maintaining a fun, aggressive, and entertaining sport. As professional sports commissioners we believe that then increased structure and regulation of the NHL and the sport of hockey has reduced violence over the years. Regulations have been enforced throughout the sport to reduce the risk of injury.