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RE: Weekly NFL Picks Thread
November 16, 2013 at 11:04 am
(November 14, 2013 at 7:48 pm)Minimalist Wrote: It will be interesting to see what impact the NFL settlement has on kids' participation in football.
The cat is out of the bag in regards to the risk of long-term problems. The NFL has to find a way to make football safe enough to alleviate parents' concerns while also retaining the sports' long-term popularity. I'm not sure that they can do that, so they might be fighting a battle that ends with their defeat in any scenario.
I used to love watching the violent collisions and crushing hits in football in the past, but knowing about the risk of long-term brain injury makes it more difficult to watch now. Not only do I not expect players to "walk it off" when they get leveled by an opponent, even seemingly harmless plays make me flinch sometimes. Watching a receiver catch a ball and have his head whiplash backwards when he lands on the ground always leaves me wondering just how much damage he did to himself at that moment.
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RE: Weekly NFL Picks Thread
November 16, 2013 at 11:28 am
I guess I can appreciate your compassion for other people, but for me, it's one of the many inherently dangerous contact sports that people get paid lots of money to play. It's entertaining just like boxing. I don't hear too many people feeling bad for Floyd Mayweather. I get that more information is coming to light that is showing how much more dangerous certain aspects of the game are, and I'm all for making it safer. However, due to the nature of the sport, and the speed and size of the athletes that play it, it's always gonna be dangerous. I love watching football. If I played, I'd get destroyed! But guess what? I realize that. Those who continue to play think otherwise and when they step out there on Sunday, they do so under their own free will, and with the consolation of their oversized bank accounts.
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RE: Weekly NFL Picks Thread
November 16, 2013 at 3:08 pm
You know guys. everyone of us can be sued by the NFL because we are discussing the league without their written permission.
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RE: Weekly NFL Picks Thread
November 17, 2013 at 2:28 pm
I have expressed consent from The NFL. I'm good.
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RE: Weekly NFL Picks Thread
November 17, 2013 at 4:18 pm
(This post was last modified: November 17, 2013 at 4:50 pm by rexbeccarox.)
Ryan, who designed the travesty of a uniform your team is sporting today?
Yeesh.
Edit: Oh. 1934 throwback. There are reasons new uniforms are designed over time.
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RE: Weekly NFL Picks Thread
November 17, 2013 at 5:05 pm
Figures, Romo is on a bye, so I start Case Kjenum, and they bench his ass at halftime in favor of Schaub!
