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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Oh come on! You of all people? How many American Footballers have had their careers ended due to injury?
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I'm sure there's a few who have, hopefully someone else will come through and post examples. Neither of us will know cos we don't watch it.
It's very rare for soccer players to have their careers ended by an injury though and when it happens it's massive news.
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They don't head the ball, they don't have to contend with the kind of tackles soccer players do.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtCgquOsXeo
Have a look at some of them. Those tackles are worse. I would imagine there has been some neck breaks. There is a reason why pads are worn.
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Full contact sport? Tell that to someone who's been chopped down in the box, has to be stretchered off and is out for months, maybe a season.
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But that is illegal. The laws of the game don't allow the sort of tackles in the video posted above or even in rugby. Soccer is not a full contact sport.
By the way I'm not saying AF is better, but I would say soccer is safer. This is not a bad thing.