Part one of term paper
(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 ...

Part two of term paper
... 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 th ...