Anyone watching Sunday night football?
December 23rd, 2012 at 11:19 PM ^
So that players don't get called for hitting a "defenseless player" let's eliminate pass plays.
December 23rd, 2012 at 11:37 PM ^
December 24th, 2012 at 10:41 AM ^
December 23rd, 2012 at 11:49 PM ^
irrelevant to me
December 23rd, 2012 at 11:54 PM ^
December 24th, 2012 at 12:46 AM ^
December 24th, 2012 at 8:54 AM ^
December 24th, 2012 at 10:16 AM ^
In the days of the Flying Wedge, football was nearly banned. Interestingly, the new rules gave birth to both the forward pass and the NCAA. This is one of those times when taking away the pads and making it more like rugby wouldn't have changed anything, because that's the kind of hit that happens all the time in rugby.
The NFL is killing itself because it doesn't know what to do. It's rules to prevent injuries (mostly to highly paid, star players at skill positions) do not appear to be working very well and are hurting the product. I don't know what the answer is, but given that youth football participation is falling off a cliff; the lawsuits will continue to pile up; and the NFL will struggle to adapt, we may be watching the beginning of the end of football.