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[Dog]

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Big hits happened during the leather helmet days as well...

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Good, people would complain less then

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the "there will be less players shooting themselves in front of coaches" part and find the correlation with removing bulky helmets and pads...

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/article2296030.html

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[Boltman]

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That's exactly what I knew you were referencing.



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[TripleCrown9]

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Might as well just make the NFL a flag league.

Going to smaller pads and helmets isn't going to change anything.

[Boltman]

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Might as well just make the NFL a flag league.

Going to smaller pads and helmets isn't going to change anything.

Let's not overreact.

Flag football lol.

[TripleCrown9]

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Smaller helmets just brings us closer to skull on skull, which is basically what leather helmets were.

There's still gonna be concussions, there's still gonna be injuries that end careers.

Let's not forget how they tested leather helmets.

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[Dog]

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Might as well just make the NFL a flag league.



Going to smaller pads and helmets isn't going to change anything.

I love that this is always the insecure male rebuttal to anything negative about football's violence


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[TheMatrix31]

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"insecure male rebuttal"?

Nobody is forcing anyone to either play or watch football.

[Boltman]

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I love that this is always the insecure male rebuttal to anything negative about football's violence


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Yea, along with the 'might as well put em in cheerleader outfits while you're at it'.

They're both great lol

[Dog]

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"insecure male rebuttal"?

Nobody is forcing anyone to either play or watch football.

If anyone dare's to challenge the violence of football, people think it's a shot at the manliness of the sport, and lots of times if someone is insecure about manhood, they get offended


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[TripleCrown9]

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The game is designed for human bodies to crash into each other. That's why they have "armor". And now advancements are being made to prevent concussions.

Don't change the equipment, it's doing what it's designed to do. Change the coaching.

Simple as that.

[dickey1331]

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Leather helmets is a pretty terrible idea. Giving players less protection on their head in a contact sport is just wild to me.


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[ProfessaPackMan]

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Let's not overreact.

Flag football lol.

Seems to me that's what was already happening when he brought up that incident from 4 years ago. Made it seem like there's been outbreaks of it happening since then.

Concussions are going to happen whether the pads/helmets are heavier or lighter. The funny thing is that the heavier pads(from the big, bad NFL days of the 90s and beyond)were causing just as many head injuries as there is in today's safe conciliatory NFL while playing with lighter equipment.

[Dog]

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Leather helmets is a pretty terrible idea. Giving players less protection on their head in a contact sport is just wild to me.


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I think it's as simple as you just don't understand the concept


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[ProfessaPackMan]

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The concept is simple: don't allow the players to think they are invincible with the huge armor so that they fling their bodies around recklessly.


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Seems to me your beef should be with the coaches/parents, not the pads.

[dickey1331]

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I think it's as simple as you just don't understand the concept


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Lol no. I understand the concept. It's just a terrible concept. It might be great in theory but I imagine it would be terrible in execution. Soccer has problems with concussions and it's not even a true contact sport.


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