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Why does the code put them above the law

Don Cherry said it’s not important to him what the majority of canadians think about fighting in hockey.
A recent poll done for the Fifth Estate said 60 percent of Canadians don’t think there should be fighting allowed in hockey.
Mr Cherry said all that matters is 70 per cent of people actually involved in hockey say fighting is needed to keep serious injuries down. This isaccording to Mr Cherry the code all players should live by, to fight to prevent more serious fighting.
I don’t see any logic there.
What could be more serious than the death on Dec. 12, 2008 of Don Sanderson, 21, a defenceman with the Whitby Dunlops of the Ontario Hockey Association.
If you are anywhere else but on the ice playing hockey, assault is a criminal offence.
If the penalty box was used to it’s full potential for offenses on the ice maybe some of that 60 per cent of Canadians would enjoy watching the real skill of players chasing the puck and not each other.
Charlotte MacAulay