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Hockey .vs. Football
Hockey .vs. Football (Comparative Essay)
Football and hockey are two sports, which are similar in objective, but very different in their rules and guidelines. In each of these major sports there are rules and guidelines that the players must follow. The topics that will be covered are the weight differences between the players in football and hockey, the use of Creatine Monohydrate, and last the equipment restrictions.
This first paragraph will discuss the weight difference between the players in the NFL (football) and the NHL (hockey). Although there is no written rule as to how much a player can weigh in either of the sports, there is the unwritten rule that the players and coaches follow. The average hockey player weighs about 185 pounds. The average weight of a full NHL hockey team consisting of 24 players is about 4,500 lbs. Coaches in the NHL do not want their players too weigh more than 200 though because as Mike Milbury the coach of the New York Islanders put it ' when a player is as big as a football player (approx. 250 lbs.). It is harder for a player to move quickly and elude an upcoming check'. In the NFL, it is the opposite of the NHL. The coaches don't want their players too weigh less than 200 pounds. The Punter/Kicker is the only position that it doesn't really matter what the weight of player is. On average the weight of a NFL player is 250 lbs. The average team consisting of 48 players weighs about 12,000 lbs.
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