Posted on 04/18/2016 12:56:16 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
simple question is why no organized attacked on other sports for same thing?...
boxing, rugby, Australian Rules Football, hockey ...even soccer... all have risks of head impact
it’s an attack on American football because the left doesn’t like American football
Waiting for the transgender locker rooms......
I think it’s the “follow the money” premise more than politics.
The NFL is a money machine that towers over all other sports in N. America. If rugby had a $27 billion tv contract, believe me the tort lawyers would be after them hard too.
The NFL did it to themselves. They were the ones that funded a “study” that insisted there were no long term effects from concussions. They’re the ones that kept not adopting new helmet technology. They’re the ones whose pension plan didn’t cover post retirement health problems related to head injuries.
There’s no attack. Just hubris.
you’re a lunatic
It needs to be changed to FLAG FOOTBALL
But seriously- bring back rules to encourage good sportsmanship- a dirty hit is where you know you are about to blindside someone and you set out to lay him out flat- that should be a game ejection
And taunting- 10 yard penalty at minimum- cumulative penalties ACROSS GAMES - 3 times and you’re suspended for a game, 3 more the rest of the season
They are not teaching good sportsmanship any place any more, it seems. You help a player up after you’ve knocked him down. You don’t go charging at a ref, no showboating in the end zone...
It would go a long way to improving the game
“you’re a lunatic”
Yes I am. And so am I!
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