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Friday, April 23, 2010
Unwritten rules that don’t need to be written?
There is one unwritten rule in hockey that everyone observes, regardless of the level of play: if you have the puck in the offensive zone, and the play has been whistled dead, you do not shoot at the goalie. This one is so strongly recognized that even if you are in a windup for a big slapshot, you are expected to hold your position and not shoot. If it is that prevalent, why not codify it? Or, is the idea that since everyone respects the game so much as to not break this unwritten rule, that there’s no reason to write it?
What would be the equivalent in the other three sports, a rule so prevalent, so well-adhered to, that there’s a gentlemen’s agreement to respect the unwritten rule, with no ambiguity?
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