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Football in Trouble?

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Football in Trouble?
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Football in Trouble?
April 27, 2013 at 8:59 pm
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RE: Football in Trouble?
April 27, 2013 at 9:04 pm
I have an idea. Let's have freakishly large humans run at each other and hit each other at maximum speed with maximum force, and make a sport out of it. What could possibly go wrong?
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RE: Football in Trouble?
April 27, 2013 at 9:14 pm
Yeah, the lawsuits aren't the problem for the NFL. It's the thought that more and more parents will steer their kids away from football. The NFL is trying to make the game "safer" but there's no way to make the game safe. Even now, they seem to be worried that de-emphasizing the brutal hits and tackles may turn away fans who tune in to watch guys get carted off every week. Hockey is dealing with similar issues, but the NHL dealt with that by killing the sport before player health became a problem.
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RE: Football in Trouble?
April 27, 2013 at 10:56 pm
I can't remember the podcast it was on - perhaps "Straight Dope" - but part of the discussion was that football got more dangerous as protection got better due to some sort of risk threshold.
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RE: Football in Trouble?
April 28, 2013 at 12:07 am
Bring back leather helmets...problem solved.
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RE: Football in Trouble?
April 28, 2013 at 12:51 am
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RE: Football in Trouble?
April 28, 2013 at 12:56 am
(April 28, 2013 at 12:51 am)Aractus Wrote: Yeah I wonder why America has such a ridiculous code of football, with no global recognition, instead of playing a code of rugby like a normal civilized nation?

When the fuck did Australian Rules Football become globally recognized?
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RE: Football in Trouble?
April 28, 2013 at 1:10 am
Never, and I don't watch the sport ... hence why I said "rugby".
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RE: Football in Trouble?
April 28, 2013 at 1:33 am
(April 28, 2013 at 1:10 am)Aractus Wrote: Never, and I don't watch the sport ... hence why I said "rugby".

Too bad, I would accept Australina Rules Football world domination.

Rugby? I'd rather go to a gay bar on mud wrestling night.
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