No Fun League Strikes Again

[ISiddiqui]

Good job by the NFL. This type of tackle should have been banned long ago.

[MrBigglesworth]

Originally Posted by illinifan999

How many players get a concussion each year from tackles? I guess we should probably ban tackling outright because of this concussion epidemic.

You are completely missing the point. I think most reasonable people agree that there need to be some safety rules. This obviously isn't Rollerball, where we want the participants to literally kill each other. We already have anti-spearing, anti-face mask, anti-chop block rules, helmet wearing rules, etc. So the question becomes where to draw the line. Therefore, unless you are against every safety rule, arguments like 'it's a dangerous game' are invalid. You have to argue on whether the play is dangerous enough to outlaw or not.

We've had several anti-rule people already say that the tackle is hardly ever used. Yet one player injured 4 players using it last year. That seems pretty dangerous to me.

[cthomer5000]

Good move by the league, I'm sure the players association is happy.