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* The Mesoamerican Ballgame: can't forget the Aztecs' old favorite of court ball and the similar game played by the Mayans, both of which could get quite bloody even ''before'' the losing (or perhaps winning, nobody's quite sure) teams in championship matches were [[Human Sacrifice|sacrificed]].
* The Mesoamerican Ballgame: can't forget the Aztecs' old favorite of court ball and the similar game played by the Mayans, both of which could get quite bloody even ''before'' the losing (or perhaps winning, nobody's quite sure) teams in championship matches were [[Human Sacrifice|sacrificed]].
** The Mesoamerican Ballgame is still played, except without the beheadings. It's still bloody. It would be, with a ten-pound rubber ball flying around.
** The Mesoamerican Ballgame is still played, except without the beheadings. It's still bloody. It would be, with a ten-pound rubber ball flying around.
** And as ''[[Cracked]]'' [http://www.cracked.com/article_19280_why-youve-never-heard-greatest-sport-ever-invented.html can't help but point out], that ball could easily [[Groin Attack|crush your nuts]].
** And as ''[[Cracked.com]]'' [http://www.cracked.com/article_19280_why-youve-never-heard-greatest-sport-ever-invented.html can't help but point out], that ball could easily [[Groin Attack|crush your nuts]].
* Lacrosse and polo both evolved from games that were essentially war simulations, complete with hand-to-hand combat.
* Lacrosse and polo both evolved from games that were essentially war simulations, complete with hand-to-hand combat.
** Funny you should [[wikipedia:Blood in the Water match|mention polo.]]
** Funny you should [[wikipedia:Blood in the Water match|mention polo.]]
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** Let us not forget, hockey is probably the only sport (barring ''actual'' combat sports) where straight-out fist fights can be allowed in the middle of a game. Where in (American) football you can be fined for doing your job ''too'' well, hockey allows one-on-one fights between players, only stopping them when one or both players fall to the ice (or if the ref feels like stopping it).
** Let us not forget, hockey is probably the only sport (barring ''actual'' combat sports) where straight-out fist fights can be allowed in the middle of a game. Where in (American) football you can be fined for doing your job ''too'' well, hockey allows one-on-one fights between players, only stopping them when one or both players fall to the ice (or if the ref feels like stopping it).
*** Along those lines, detractors often claim of hockey fans that they "don't go for the game, they go for the possibility of a fight."
*** Along those lines, detractors often claim of hockey fans that they "don't go for the game, they go for the possibility of a fight."
* From ''[[Cracked]]'': [http://www.cracked.com/article/180_6-ancient-sports-too-awesome-modern-world/ 6 Ancient Sports Too Awesome For the Modern World]. Pankration and Aztec court ball are on that list.
* From ''[[Cracked.com]]'': [http://www.cracked.com/article/180_6-ancient-sports-too-awesome-modern-world/ 6 Ancient Sports Too Awesome For the Modern World]. Pankration and Aztec court ball are on that list.
* American wrestling. Not the stuff on TV, but what it used to be. Wrestlers would grow their thumbnails out specifically for eye gouging. It was a brutal sport.
* American wrestling. Not the stuff on TV, but what it used to be. Wrestlers would grow their thumbnails out specifically for eye gouging. It was a brutal sport.
** Come to think of it, [[Professional Wrestling]] tends to adopt this kind of look at times, although primarily arranged with some nod to the wrestlers' safety. Hard to sell tickets to see [[John Cena]] fight [[Triple H]] when Trips is in rehab and John's too concussed, you know.
** Come to think of it, [[Professional Wrestling]] tends to adopt this kind of look at times, although primarily arranged with some nod to the wrestlers' safety. Hard to sell tickets to see [[John Cena]] fight [[Triple H]] when Trips is in rehab and John's too concussed, you know.
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