This new helmet rule
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Lots of times QBs get concussions just being pushed down and having their heads hit the turf.
They will never prevent brain injuries from occurring.
Therein lies the dilemma.
When Greg Robinson was in concussion protocol Hue said, these things happen, it's football. - I'm certain that an NFL marketing man would've cringed hearing that.
I've loved football since I was a little boy (the latter part of Jim Brown's career). I now have two grandboys, 2 and 4 and a half years old respectively. I wouldn't point them towards playing football. It's not good at all for the human body and I couldn't, in good conscience, advise it. But I'll buy them a guitar, or whatever musical instrument they'd like to learn. And they could play tennis, softball, basketball, etc, etc.
Therein lies the dilemma.
When Greg Robinson was in concussion protocol Hue said, these things happen, it's football. - I'm certain that an NFL marketing man would've cringed hearing that.
I've loved football since I was a little boy (the latter part of Jim Brown's career). I now have two grandboys, 2 and 4 and a half years old respectively. I wouldn't point them towards playing football. It's not good at all for the human body and I couldn't, in good conscience, advise it. But I'll buy them a guitar, or whatever musical instrument they'd like to learn. And they could play tennis, softball, basketball, etc, etc.
The NFL has to put on the good face that they are proactive warding off brain injuries for liability purposes.
The game has changed. Today, 200 lb DBs are fast and hit like LBs. There is no way to condition ligaments, connective tissue and brains for this type of impact.
Beginning of 2018 season the NFL will call 20 penalties a game for helmet contact and the product will suffer. End of the season you will see the same penalty called infrequently.
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When the cat got out of the bag (concussions are VERY bad for you....and football players get them A LOT) there was no putting it back in the bag.
The NFL gets it's primary resource (human resource) from children growing up playing football. Once parents understood (the cat out of the bag) then the NFL had NO CHOICE but to try and make the game less dangerous. Especially with respect to the brain. I'm not even sure that the NFL will be able to DO enough to keep overall society content.
Lots of times QBs get concussions just being pushed down and having their heads hit the turf.
They will never prevent brain injuries from occurring.
Lots of times QBs get concussions just being pushed down and having their heads hit the turf.
They will never prevent brain injuries from occurring.
They can try to cut down on the number or severity of the head injuries -but- it is tackle football people are going to hit people, players are better conditioned to run and hit than ever.
It would be like trying to get rid of fender benders in NASCAR.......and a big reason people watch both, to see the HITS!
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Another aspect of pussyfieing everything . give all the players a participation trophy and call it a season done .
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Another aspect of pussyfieing everything . give all the players a participation trophy and call it a season done .
Another aspect of pussyfieing everything . give all the players a participation trophy and call it a season done .
Yeah here's your little plastic atta' boy for playing trophy.......and your NFL players' league minimum contract of $1,000,000 just for making the team showing up.
Is this a great game or what!
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Lots of times QBs get concussions just being pushed down and having their heads hit the turf.
They will never prevent brain injuries from occurring.
Therein lies the dilemma.
When Greg Robinson was in concussion protocol Hue said, these things happen, it's football. - I'm certain that an NFL marketing man would've cringed hearing that.
I've loved football since I was a little boy (the latter part of Jim Brown's career). I now have two grandboys, 2 and 4 and a half years old respectively. I wouldn't point them towards playing football. It's not good at all for the human body and I couldn't, in good conscience, advise it. But I'll buy them a guitar, or whatever musical instrument they'd like to learn. And they could play tennis, softball, basketball, etc, etc.
Therein lies the dilemma.
My local NC paper https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/under-the-dome/article197213314.html I travel to the biggest friday night lights in town. It's down & the talent pool is down too..We kickoff the year this friday night
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Therein lies the dilemma.
My local NC paper https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/under-the-dome/article197213314.html I travel to the biggest friday night lights in town. It's down & the talent pool is down too..We kickoff the year this friday night
My local NC paper https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/under-the-dome/article197213314.html I travel to the biggest friday night lights in town. It's down & the talent pool is down too..
I first saw the CTE story years back on PBS and wasn't sure how factual and serious it was, turns out it is very much for real. Still not every person that plays tackle football will get concussions or have serious long term effects (like me) I've been knocked out in the late 1960s and am 67 now with no apparent after effects but that is not true everywhere in every case.
Plus there is more evidence and awareness like this:
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Concussion awareness is at an all-time high. Will Smith starred in “Concussion,” a 2015 movie that chronicles the discovery of CTE – chronic traumatic encephalopathy – in former NFL players’ brains. All levels of football have tried to address hits to the head.
Foxworth, as president of the NFL Players’ Association, led negotiations with the NFL to limit the amount of contact allowed in practices. The North Carolina High School Activities Association limits teams to 60 minutes of “live action contact” — defined as contact at game speed where players execute full tackles — per group per week during the regular season. The association also places limits on contact at the beginning of the season and during two-a-day practices.
Teevens’ Dartmouth teams do not hit each other at practice. The team practices tackling against robotic dummies and other inanimate objects.......
It's not over yet.
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When the cat got out of the bag (concussions are VERY bad for you....and football players get them A LOT) there was no putting it back in the bag.
The NFL gets it's primary resource (human resource) from children growing up playing football. Once parents understood (the cat out of the bag) then the NFL had NO CHOICE but to try and make the game less dangerous. Especially with respect to the brain. I'm not even sure that the NFL will be able to DO enough to keep overall society content.
Lots of times QBs get concussions just being pushed down and having their heads hit the turf.
They will never prevent brain injuries from occurring.
Lots of times QBs get concussions just being pushed down and having their heads hit the turf.
They will never prevent all brain injuries from occurring.
FIFY...
Another moronic "can't-cure-it-completely,-so-why-try" argument?
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Lots of times QBs get concussions just being pushed down and having their heads hit the turf.
They will never prevent all brain injuries from occurring.
FIFY...
Another moronic "can't-cure-it-completely,-so-why-try" argument?
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Shove a crap load of bubble wrap in their helmets.
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The solution has already been arrived at......a long time ago in a galaxy far far away:
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