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Why do you have no interest in hockey?

A) Can’t relate to it because I did not grow up where it is a school sport.

B) It is impossible to see the puck during goalmouth scrambles and at many other times.

C) Growing up seeing pictures of toothless hockey players sort of suggested to me that it was not the most elegant athletic endeavor.

D) I’m not really interested in any sport.

E) I prefer sports with more of an antebellum plantation aspect.

F) The fighting. What a farce.

G) The fighting. I know there aren’t brawls in college hockey but I don’t live where first-tier college hockey is played.

H) The fighting. I know certain fans find it something to cheer about. I just don’t want to hang out with those people.

I) I don’t like sports not dominated by Americans.

J) The pushing and shoving after a whistle gets old.

K) Why didn’t Todd Bertuzzi do jail time?

L) After watching a few games during the Winter Olympics, the WHL and NHL brands of the sport seem like pretty weak tea.

M) Never actually played the game myself, so I really have no idea what’s going on out there on the ice. Every move comes as a surprise to me.

N) Most subjective refereeing this side of umpires calling balls and strikes.

O) Who says I have no interest in hockey?

P) Not enough scoring.

Q) Intensity in NHL games is questionable until the playoffs.

R) Prefer outdoor sports.

S) Other.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "The Slice." Read all stories from this blog