I don't think so. If you watch that video they show a number of examples and give explanations of hits that aren't helmet to helmet but that will be punished.
i enjoyed this rant, reminded me of this thread http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmonsnfl2010/101022_part2
Can I make this entire thing a signature? Also, let's talk about how he's fucked up "DRAFT WEEKEND" so now I actually have to do shit with my family that Sunday, and even arguably that Saturday too. Sigh.
fixed your post To me, the whole rant was invalidated because of this phrase- "then stop worrying about the small picture (changing the rules on the fly during the season so it looks like you did something)". Umm, no rules were changed on the fly during the season.
Technically no, and that's what the league is going to sell. But enforcing a rule they haven't really been enforcing is almost effectively creating one.
I'm amazed people are throwing temper tantrums over plays that happen, on average, fewer than one time per game. I mean, we had 14 games in Week 6 and there were what 4 or 5 plays that were deemed excessively violent. The league wants to cut down on those sorts of plays. I really do not see why some people are so vehemently opposed to what the league is trying to do here. Look, I can see your argument. I can see being opposed to it. However, I cannot understand people being so over the top opposed to it where they are moved to rant and throw temper tantrums and say that they won't watch football anymore and all that type of stuff.
I think a lot of people are worried that the league could be really fundamentally changing the game by cracking down on the heavy hitting we love to watch. If they're just getting rid of the shitty hits like the Merriweather one, fine, there's no place for that shit. I didn't think any of the other hits they pointed out were really that bad. I just hope they don't go over the top.
This whole thing looks to me that the league is trying to crack down on this problem. A Rutgers player just got paralyzed on an NFL field after a helmet shot. There will be fewer people playing amateur football if the concussion rate and excessively violent hits don't go down. Soccer is as popular as it has ever been in the U.S. and other sports such as basketball and lacrosse are doing good on the lower levels. I believe that in the coming years we'll see more youngsters opting for those sports over football due to the injury issues.
How did I miss this rant this past week, well done!!! And to elaborate, let officials throw a flag every time a QB whines about being touched. You'd see how fast Brady and P. Manning quit it when they are the ones costing their respective teams some yardage.
NYPost_Hubbuch Bart Hubbuch Bottom line is, the players KNOW concussions are very bad and they KNOW playing pro football will likely shorten their lives. #NFL NYPost_Hubbuch Bart Hubbuch I spoke to several #Giants and #Jets this week, and every reaction was the same: They know what they signed up for by playing football.
