Yup.
Originally Posted by SFC415
Just because it's nothing new, doesn't mean it's right. Like I said, haven't you seen the state of the players who used to play viciously back in the day? If your son played football, would you want them to end up like them? I agree with you that there are legal hard hits which are unavoidable, but if you're giving incentives to injure other players, don't you think dirty/illegal hits are gonna take place as well? It's like saying, "It's OK if you give that QB a helmet to helmet hit, give him a concussion, and knock him out of the game...it doesn't matter if you get fined, cause we're gonna give you $ for it anyways"Originally Posted by red mpls
Originally Posted by SFC415
You don't play to intentionally injure another player. Only a classless @#$@$ would do that. what happens if the QB ends up getting a career/life ending injury? You're basically telling these players to take out the QB by any means necessary (hence the dirty hits on Farve). I guess it's all good just so all the wimps and obese dudes watching the games at home can get excitedThere IS such a thing called proper tackling technique, which is taught throughout REAL football high schools/colleges. Just cause "many guys do it" doesn't make it right.
And only a loser squad would try to win a game by forcing the other team to play their backups. Where's the pride in beating a team that doesn't have its most important players on the field? You're basically admitting that your team is inferior
Homie, either hits are within the rules or outside of the rules. If they're outside the rules, then they will (or should) be penalized on the field and fined later on. They may or may not be dirty. If the hits are not illegal, then it's simply a hard hit... move on. So if they're breaking the rules they will suffer the consequences. If not, then that's football. I'm not sure what's so difficult to understand.
It has nothing to do with people sitting at home watching other than the fact that they are the reason football players get paid to play a violent game for millions of dollars. I could give a damn about the feelings of the "fans."
As for a team being a "loser squad" by "forcing the other team to play their backups," I guess basketball teams should stop trying to get the other team's best players in foul trouble then right? That's admitting that your team is inferior right?
At first thought, no one likes the idea of people consciously going onto the football field to literally injure people... but that's essentially what every defensive player does week in and week out throughout the league. THIS IS NOTHING NEW. If you watch football and think that that's classless or outrageous then maybe you're watching the wrong sport...
The basketball foul trouble is different. A player gets into foul trouble because he's being a dumb @#$ on the court. You can "persuade" him to commit stupid fouls, but no ones forcing him out of the game.
The "outrage" is because over the past few years, some of us know that what we used to enjoy isn't good for players' health. You have dudes who played dying in their 40s and 50s or living with permanent brain damage from being hit by players trying to injure them. You should ask THEM "why the outrage", since they're the ones suing the NFL. How is dirty a subjective term? Even in high school, good coaches teach their players how to tackle properly. You CAN take down another player without launching into his helmet or going for his knees. A big hit to the torso is ALOT different from a big hit to the head. Injuries can happen in many ways; would you rather get broken ribs or have your knees taken out and not be able to play again? You're refusing to acknowledge the fact that getting incentives to injure players leads to illegal/dirty hits. I mean, the Favre @#$% is so damn obvious now if you rewatch the game.
