seeing how whole 8th grade team is now kneeling, maybe it's timeAnybody else here play Pop Warner?
It is very amusing watching the NFL implode.
It is being attacked on all fronts. And they don’t have a clue why.
Less youths that play the sport today means less NFL fans 20 years from now, if the NFL is still around.
Trump should pull their “legal” monopoly and make it illegal to use taxpayer monies to build stadiums for private teams.
Ban American youth football? My wife says yes. I prefer we make it safer, reasonable steps, as we cannot ban the sport. Boycott NFL? Absolutely. Boycott NFL advertisers? Sure.
Well at least one of their knees will be well protected.
seeing how whole 8th grade team is now kneeling, maybe it's timeThey don’t need to ban it. Its dying a slow painful death as it is. Except for maybe the South West, the rest of the States are seeing a huge decline in participation. And they should! By the time these kids are old enough to play football, they’re useless fat slugs who would probably die of a heart attack on the first scrimmage.
The man will be 77 in December.
Suck one, I played midget league football, had my share of concussions over the years. 20 something, playing no holds barred real football, no pads, tackle, knock down down drag out. I’m still kicking.What a bunch of wusses.
Remove the hard plastic from the shoulder pads and helmets, thus eliminating the metal reinforced face guards, and the change in hitting will change the risks dramatically.
Besides the usual academic failures of public schools (liberal politics and behaviors), the emphasis on sports has gone way overboard.
The facilities they demand, the latest in uniforms, the travels costs, and the insurance has made the costs of public school insane. (and this is from the dad of two sons that, between them, won three state titles in hs fb, over 15 yrs ago. It was fun, but it was very expensive.)
Over 80yrs ago, my late dad learned teamwork as a first grader in a one room schoolhouse near Corry, Pa: the local farmers would drop off big chunks of trees at the schoolyard. The older boys would split the wood. The smaller boys would stack the wood. And the smallest boys would watch and learn.
Fast forward about 35 yrs later, I’m a teen watching a husky 20 something trying to impress his girlfriend, by trying to ring the bell tower using the big wooden hammer, at the local county fair. He comes close several times. Dad was thin, and fit (most livestock farmers were), dressed in slacks and a dress shirt. He walked up. Took the hammer, and made it look easy: ding ding ding. The husky guy was just befuddled.
Dad had swung an axe so much, and learned the proper technique.
If kids would have to learn the proper technique of tackling without plastic protection, I’m convinced the injuries would drop dramatically.
Getting our ox gored definitely has an influence on our thinking. -Tom
I think everyone knows how that turned out.
Anyone who thinks the Mannings are "metrosexual" or "feminized" is welcome to tell them that to their faces.
Nick Buoniconti, Jim Kick, Larry Czonka.
Back in the day they steam rolled.
Lacrosse is big for team sports in Colorado. In Valdosta, Ga. they play flag football till about the 8th grade.