Originally Posted by ryck
Originally Posted by MG2009
There are plenty of sports available which are challenging, competitive, and entertaining . . . yet, neither require nor cause any of the aforementioned actions be directed toward another player (or players).
Yes, there are plenty of sports which are “challenging, competitive and entertaining” but, unfortunately, many of those have a downside of injury and death. So, let’s just err on the side of caution and ban every sports activity where there is a history of injury or death, whether by intention or not. These statistics from the Insurance Information Institute provide a good starting point.

While good n theory, no way will that ever happen! Sports is HUGE business, whether violent or not. And in North America, banning hockey in Canada (and theUS) and NFL Football in the US would be an economic disaster.