Violence in football is unnecessary and counterproductive
Watching the pro bowl was fun and revealing. It was basically a game of tag football and every bit as entertaining as the regular violent version of the game.
Many say that w/o the violence that people wouldn't watch. If violence sells so well, then why is boxing nowhere close to being the number one watched sport? I think people watch football for the athleticism, visual beauty, and unpredictability. Taking away powerful hits seems to not change the game at all.
The fake "violence sells" belief is killing the sport. People are backing out due to concussion fears, little league teams are collapsing, high school participation is plummeting, TV rating and fan attendance is crashing.
A less violent version of the sport is easy to install. Just let the linemen play as usual and reduce the play of the skill players to tag (per an official's whistle). The worst hits are the ones that happen to the skill players anyway.
Those that do not evolve, die off.
January 27th, 2019 at 5:57 PM ^
I’d rather be discussing gravy
January 27th, 2019 at 7:06 PM ^
I nominate an in depth discussion of milking a dog’s anal glands.
January 27th, 2019 at 7:21 PM ^
jorts?
January 27th, 2019 at 5:59 PM ^
There are plenty of other sports other than football if you don't like hitting and tackling. Watch or play those sports. I am all for reducing injuries, in particular, head injuries, but football will always be a physical game.
January 27th, 2019 at 6:03 PM ^
Was flipping through the channels, came across the pro bowl and watched for about 5 minutes. Lol'd at the two hand touch they were playing. Like it or not, a certain amount of physicality is a part of football. Adjust rules to make the game safer, but flag football will never be a good solution.
January 27th, 2019 at 6:09 PM ^
What about football but with power walking instead of running?
January 27th, 2019 at 6:11 PM ^
It could be played in a mall before the stores open.
January 27th, 2019 at 6:15 PM ^
latest reports indicate that most malls could have a complete game going on with all stores in a mall open and nobody would be in danger of getting in the way of the game.
January 27th, 2019 at 6:19 PM ^
I was at Great Lakes Crossing today with my kid to let him play in their food court/play area. That part was packed, but the minute you ventured into an actual store it was tumbleweeds.
January 27th, 2019 at 6:24 PM ^
by any chance can your son play LT? asking for a friend's team....
January 27th, 2019 at 7:46 PM ^
Mine too, go eat your own shit, Maizit.
January 28th, 2019 at 2:50 PM ^
Show me on this doll where the bad man touched you.
January 27th, 2019 at 6:25 PM ^
OK beta.
Boxing isnt the most popular because MMA, a far more violent sport, is.
January 27th, 2019 at 6:25 PM ^
OK beta.
Boxing isnt the most popular because MMA, a far more violent sport, is.
January 27th, 2019 at 6:27 PM ^
In my nearly 30 years of existence I have not watched one minute of a single Pro Bowl.
That’s the first part of your problem, pal.
January 27th, 2019 at 6:48 PM ^
This is such a poorly thought out wannabe-edgy take that lacks any nuance. The boxing argument is probably the dumbest part. Conflating violence with all contact instead of very specific types of contact is a close second. Maybe the sarcasm just went over my head.
January 27th, 2019 at 6:55 PM ^
There are so many good series to binge, so many good movies to watch on a cold, wintry day....
.....but no, you watched the Pro Bowl, arguably the worst among the "all-star" exhibitions in the major sports.
January 27th, 2019 at 6:58 PM ^
"Pro Bowl sucks."
- Albert Einstein
January 27th, 2019 at 6:59 PM ^
Why are you even a football fan? I can just imagine watching a game next to you hearing... "That's not nice" etc.
January 27th, 2019 at 7:01 PM ^
Boxing is dying because its fixed and because everything is PPV making it harder to get access
January 27th, 2019 at 7:02 PM ^
Some think the game is just as entertaining others find it a boring version of touch football. I imagine the latter heavily outweigh the former.
Also, evolve or die isn't exactly a great argument.
January 27th, 2019 at 7:03 PM ^
January 27th, 2019 at 7:03 PM ^
Lol, nobody watches the pro bowl.
January 27th, 2019 at 7:10 PM ^
Why not play flag football.
Geezes.
who even watches the pro bowl.????
January 27th, 2019 at 7:14 PM ^
You watched the pro bowl?
January 27th, 2019 at 7:21 PM ^
The pro bowl is nowhere near remotely watchable. Nobody watches it. They had to start introducing gimmicks to the bowl to beg fans to even turn it on.
January 27th, 2019 at 7:27 PM ^
This thread was written by Ryan on Last Man Standing.
January 27th, 2019 at 7:27 PM ^
This is glorious sarcasm! So well done. One of the best board troll jobs I've seen.
At least it better be... Jeebus save you if it isn't...
January 27th, 2019 at 7:33 PM ^
If you don’t like the way the game is played, don’t watch.
January 27th, 2019 at 7:36 PM ^
I was under the impression that it was the constant stream of subconcussive impacts that cause the real damage rather than the catastrophic injuries. This is why linemen are actually more prone to CTE than skill players.
January 27th, 2019 at 7:38 PM ^
Just remove the goddamn facemasks already!
January 27th, 2019 at 7:55 PM ^
The largest group of NFL players affected was the linemen. They make up the largest group of players, but there is another reason for their prevalence. Each time an offensive lineman hits a defensive lineman at the inception of a football play, it creates a low-level subconcussive event. An offensive lineman who plays HS, college and pro football could leave the game with 10,000 subconcussive hits. None of these may be diagnosed, as concussions and the athlete may be unaware of the severity of the hits. The aggregation of thousands of low level hits to the head may be worse in their impact on the brain than getting knocked unconscious three times.
So let’s leave the lineman to do their thing, even though they’re the most affected by the physicality of the sport. So basically you put no thought or research into this at all. Also, I watched the entire pro bowl. It was not great.
January 27th, 2019 at 7:56 PM ^
Sphincter says what?
January 27th, 2019 at 8:07 PM ^
The pro bowl is not good anything. It’s not good football, it’s not good entertainment, I read the OP and kept thinking there was going to be a line at the end which signifies that it was sarcasm...I still hope the OP was being sarcastic.
January 27th, 2019 at 8:18 PM ^
My guess is Monkey Man is not ever going to be the next DL coach under Harbaugh.
January 27th, 2019 at 8:19 PM ^
UFC has taken boxings place. That should tell you something.
January 27th, 2019 at 8:36 PM ^
“Those that do not evolve, die off.”
That is...uh...not how that works.
January 27th, 2019 at 8:39 PM ^
Looks like another poster that is going to get an auto down-vote anytime I see them post anything
January 27th, 2019 at 9:04 PM ^
Ummm...how about a nice big glass of NO? The game was like that because the players weren't trying.
January 27th, 2019 at 9:18 PM ^
Boy did you come to the wrong place to sell this dumbass idea.
January 27th, 2019 at 9:26 PM ^
Tag, really? Zero skill. Flag football at least requires you to grab something small and moving. (Not a problem for some of you)...
Who would watch.
January 27th, 2019 at 9:28 PM ^
Terrible post or bad trolling attempt. Or both.
January 27th, 2019 at 9:36 PM ^
Please never start a thread here again. This is terrible.
January 27th, 2019 at 9:45 PM ^
This is why the Pro Bowl usually has such high ratings compared to other "big games" in the season?
January 27th, 2019 at 9:48 PM ^
OP is the neckbeard you know who is over confident in his sense of humor.
January 27th, 2019 at 10:31 PM ^
Honestly the draw of sport and football, boxing, UFC isn’t the violence...it’s the spectacle of watching people lay it all on the line and sell out and being able be fly on the wall to see what the result is. The players don’t try in the pro bowl and that’s why most do not watch. It’s the same with some of these kids sitting out bowl games and catching heat, people like to see sacficen and struggle not bottom line mentality...Stop overthinking shit.
January 27th, 2019 at 10:50 PM ^
The pro bowl was awful
January 27th, 2019 at 11:06 PM ^
What exactly is this "pro bowl" thing everyone's talking about?
January 27th, 2019 at 11:09 PM ^
Football is a violent game. Always has been. Always will be. Rules have been modified to reduce injuries, such as the kickoff being moved, kickoff fair catch, targeting, etc. But football in its essence is a tackle the guy to the ground game. And people like it. People like to play it. The fundamental essence of the game will not and should not change.