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<blockquote data-quote="jaybadger82" data-source="post: 503224" data-attributes="member: 6211"><p>In the early 1900s, the college game <em>was</em> the pro game. Colleges were literally paying ringers, usually young men that were not students (often shady characters), to suit up for the school and the games drew big regional interest. At that time, the sport more closely resembled rugby than modern football (no forward pass, fewer rules, little if any refereeing) and the sport evolved for good reason. I think the 80 deaths cited above had less to do with the soft helmets and more to do with the fact that in 1905 football was basically organized thuggery.</p><p> </p><p>I agree that rule changes are necessary- I just think these should happen in conjunction with a soft helmet. Outside of AstroTurf (which has gotten better), I can't think of a single factor more directly responsible for ending careers and causing- yes, <em>causing</em>- head injuries than hard-shelled helmet of the modern game...</p><p> </p><p>P.S.: Compared to ten years ago, it's obvious to me that the media has really dialed back its reverence for bone-crushing hits. Seems like now I'm more likely to hear analysts debate whether a hit was dirty or deserves to be fined than see it celebrated with multiple replays. <em>The attitude has become one of greater concern for the players.</em> I think this marks a definite culture shift in the sport and that it's somewhat outdated to say the NFL continues to "promote" big hits- that's the <em><u>last</u></em> thing the league wants to do right now with these lawsuits going on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaybadger82, post: 503224, member: 6211"] In the early 1900s, the college game [I]was[/I] the pro game. Colleges were literally paying ringers, usually young men that were not students (often shady characters), to suit up for the school and the games drew big regional interest. At that time, the sport more closely resembled rugby than modern football (no forward pass, fewer rules, little if any refereeing) and the sport evolved for good reason. I think the 80 deaths cited above had less to do with the soft helmets and more to do with the fact that in 1905 football was basically organized thuggery. I agree that rule changes are necessary- I just think these should happen in conjunction with a soft helmet. Outside of AstroTurf (which has gotten better), I can't think of a single factor more directly responsible for ending careers and causing- yes, [I]causing[/I]- head injuries than hard-shelled helmet of the modern game... P.S.: Compared to ten years ago, it's obvious to me that the media has really dialed back its reverence for bone-crushing hits. Seems like now I'm more likely to hear analysts debate whether a hit was dirty or deserves to be fined than see it celebrated with multiple replays. [I]The attitude has become one of greater concern for the players.[/I] I think this marks a definite culture shift in the sport and that it's somewhat outdated to say the NFL continues to "promote" big hits- that's the [I][U]last[/U][/I] thing the league wants to do right now with these lawsuits going on. [/QUOTE]
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