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Originally Posted by crash_override
I don't support taking the hits out of football, but everytime I hear Troy Aiman or Steve Young talk, it's pretty pathetic. They're both semi-retarded from from multiple concussions they've had from the game, and that's sad.
Bottom line, it's American Football, one of the most dangerous sports in the world. If we take the hard hitting tough guys out, it will just be soccer except you can carry and throw the ball.
How is it that the NFL has made it nearly 100 years playing the most barbaric sport on the planet and head injuries are being addressed only now? I say, players aren't as tough as they once were. How about instead of changing the rules, you recruit and sign tougher players? There would be no such thing as a defenseless receiver if the receiver was equally as big and strong as the person hitting them.
If these players can't take a hit, maybe they should switch to Baseball, or Soccer.
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That's easy; they haven't. American football is far from the most barbaric sport on earth, and the game has only been getting more and more benign as time has passed. It's funny that a game that is only played by a few select countries is regarded as one of the world's most influential and important sports. For example, rugby features harder hits, faster plays, and no padding and receives no scrutiny from the mainstream media. Hockey has had players die, paralyzed, and put into a vegetative state for over 100 years, and they're just now making incredibly feeble attempts at retributive punishments for those who head hunt.
Saying football is the most barbaric sport in the world is a little far-fetched, and in my opinion any movement away from physicality in sports is a bastardization of competitive play.