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Football HIT

December 19th, 2008 Sports 6 Comments

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1. justadood says:

   December 20, 2008 at 1:39 am

   If I were referee, i’d have ejected the defensive back—the slow-mo shows it…..he went in head-down. Spearing is dangerous, and (at least when I was in school) and ejection offense. Isaac is a licky kid: he could have been concussed or even killed by that hit (spears have caused cardiac arrest on rare occasions)
2. ed says:

   December 20, 2008 at 11:58 am

   Would there be more or fewer injuries (and of what degree?) if helmets and hard padding were eliminated from football? How to injuries from American Football compare with rugby, Aussie Football, or Gaelic Football? I don’t know the answer, but it’s worth investigating.

   American Football helmets sure are sexy all shined up and whatnot. I wonder, though, if they could be softer on the outside (they experimented with this in the 60s, but the skid factor made them more dangerous).
3. matt621 says:

   December 20, 2008 at 1:14 pm

   That’s an awesome play! I’d say the defender should probably have been penalized, but what impressed me most was that once the ball popped out, both the receiver and the defender had the presence of mind to go get the ball.

   You’d expect a defender in that situation to do a little dance, and the receiver to look for the license plate of the truck. But they both stayed right in the play – good stuff!
4. Oliver Willis says:

   December 20, 2008 at 2:19 pm

   There would probably more injuries, remember that in the early part of last century, football was played with leather helmets and the NFL used to have the single-bar facemask. Gregg Easterbrook of ESPN’s TMQ has been talking the last few years about how most high school/Pop Warner teams are using better shock absorbing helmets and how the NFL should too. I’m liable to agree, but willing to bet the league won’t change its ways until someone gets seriously hurt (paralyzed, etc.) from a monster hit or pile-on.
5. ed says:

   December 20, 2008 at 4:07 pm

   There would probably more injuries,

   Well, I want a more scientific analysis. Also, please refrain from citing Easterbrook as a source. His credibility is questionable.
6. Duros62 says:

   December 20, 2008 at 8:14 pm

   Would there be more or fewer injuries (and of what degree?) if helmets and hard padding were eliminated from football?

   Indeed.