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<blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 1000291" data-attributes="member: 17953"><p>I can remember the days when the receiving team would form a wedge, and the return man would get behind it, and run like he was following a snow plow, then veer off, to open ground.</p><p></p><p>I also remember a slew of bodies strewn across the grass, where the wedge had gone, including guys from the wedge.</p><p></p><p>Then I think about how many guys "got their bell rung," which was the vernacular for concussion in those days, and was treated with two APCs (All Purpose Cures), which was the term given aspirins in the military.</p><p></p><p>Those guys were playing for enough money to stay in a flop house, and eat what was free at the local taverns, where they'd sit downing a few beers, to chase the pain, nearly every night. Of course, doting fans would buy those beers.</p><p></p><p>After, football, some were successful in other walks of life, but many of them spent the rest of their lives in abject poverty. Especially those whose football life included getting their bells rung way too often.</p><p></p><p>Some, just like Junior Seau, decided to end things before it was their time, preferring not to live like a vegetable. In his case, he had the money for care, but when you go back further in time, they didn't.</p><p></p><p>I guess what I'm saying is that I'm all for doing away with kick offs if it will reduce the brain injuries significantly enough to matter for these men to live a fuller life. I'm not particularly interested in sitting in a stadium where the sport is there to kill the competitors.</p><p></p><p>We need to remember that football is not war. It's a game. It's entertainment. It's not Roman gladiators killing each other in arena, while blood thirsty crowds cheer them on, from the safety of their seat. Like I said, it's a game. Treat it as such.</p><p></p><p>I guess I'm ready to chuck the whole kick off out, and put the ball on the 20 or 25 yard line, to start each change of possession where kicks would have been involved. But, that does not include punts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voyageur, post: 1000291, member: 17953"] I can remember the days when the receiving team would form a wedge, and the return man would get behind it, and run like he was following a snow plow, then veer off, to open ground. I also remember a slew of bodies strewn across the grass, where the wedge had gone, including guys from the wedge. Then I think about how many guys "got their bell rung," which was the vernacular for concussion in those days, and was treated with two APCs (All Purpose Cures), which was the term given aspirins in the military. Those guys were playing for enough money to stay in a flop house, and eat what was free at the local taverns, where they'd sit downing a few beers, to chase the pain, nearly every night. Of course, doting fans would buy those beers. After, football, some were successful in other walks of life, but many of them spent the rest of their lives in abject poverty. Especially those whose football life included getting their bells rung way too often. Some, just like Junior Seau, decided to end things before it was their time, preferring not to live like a vegetable. In his case, he had the money for care, but when you go back further in time, they didn't. I guess what I'm saying is that I'm all for doing away with kick offs if it will reduce the brain injuries significantly enough to matter for these men to live a fuller life. I'm not particularly interested in sitting in a stadium where the sport is there to kill the competitors. We need to remember that football is not war. It's a game. It's entertainment. It's not Roman gladiators killing each other in arena, while blood thirsty crowds cheer them on, from the safety of their seat. Like I said, it's a game. Treat it as such. I guess I'm ready to chuck the whole kick off out, and put the ball on the 20 or 25 yard line, to start each change of possession where kicks would have been involved. But, that does not include punts. [/QUOTE]
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