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ELI5: Why is fighting more acceptable in hockey than in other sports?
gpt
Because hockey has a lot of "incidental" contact, there is a lot that can go on that isn't illegal, and can't be made illegal, but still needs to be discouraged.

As such, self policing is certainly a part of the sport, this involves fighting.

Hockey is a very *frustrating* sport, it always has been, it is for most every level, there's lots of hitting, slowing, grabbing, pushing, shoving, chopping, and so on. Eventually sometimes tempers get the better people.

But the big reason is policing and intimidation are considered legitimate parts of the game.