| A ban on the 3 point stance? | posted February 20, 2010 at 5:57 PM |
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awbasketball48aaa, TN Fanatic |
awbasketball48 wrote on February 8, 2010 at 12:35 AM
Apparently Roger Goodell thinks it is a definant possibility. He says it could reduce the power of the collisions at the line of scrimmage, therefore taking away concussions.
As the proud owner of 5 concussions, i understand the severity of concussions. I understand that certain things can be done to prevent injuries, but i think this may be going to far. i put this in the college section because of the trickle down effect that it would probably have on the college game.
what are yalls thoughts on this? |
tigerRBTR, SC Fanatic |
tigerRB wrote on February 8, 2010 at 7:35 AM i didnt know most concussions happened at the line of scrimmage. i figured they were more when players had some speed built up and collided. |
tigerRBTR, SC Fanatic |
tigerRB wrote on February 8, 2010 at 7:35 AM i didnt know most concussions happened at the line of scrimmage. i figured they were more when players had some speed built up and collided. |
dcomitchCharleston, SC Fanatic |
dcomitch wrote on February 8, 2010 at 12:02 PM huh? seems odd to me |
Pilot1003Greenville, SC Fanatic |
Pilot1003 wrote on February 8, 2010 at 4:53 PM Just taking a guess here, but i would imagine that most concussions are chronic injuries...that is, they are the result of repeated impact on that part of the body- far less glamorous than the Tebow-styler so they prob make into the news a lot less. |
SkullandBonesFirth, NE Fans25 Staff |
SkullandBones wrote on February 8, 2010 at 5:11 PM That's kinda what I thought Pilot, I mean yeah you see ends occasionally in a stand/squat type stance but if you're a guard lined up in front of the center and you are standing, you're gonna get knocked on your ass every time. |
codyrome, GA Fanatic |
cody wrote on February 8, 2010 at 7:15 PM
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awbasketball48aaa, TN Fanatic |
awbasketball48 wrote on February 8, 2010 at 7:20 PM ya kickoffs i think are probably the most dangerous play percentage wise. you have 11 guys charging full speed at 11 guys and big hits are just waiting to happen. If you can remember, that buffaloe bill's player was injured so badly on a kickoff. but the nfl did something to ban the wedge this year. college may have done it as well. they banned like the 3 or more man wedge. but you can still to the two man. basically, the wedge just means the two guys hold hands and crash into someone.
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Pilot1003Greenville, SC Fanatic |
Pilot1003 wrote on February 8, 2010 at 8:14 PM If its as bad as it is today, think of what it must have been like before they had decent helmets/facemasks.... |
Common SenseClinton, SC Fans25 Staff |
Common Sense wrote on February 8, 2010 at 9:07 PM Now that you mention that, Pilot, I read about how there are some researchers here and there that believe that football would be safer without helmets. They believe that a lot of head injuries occur because players are using their helmets as a weapons. They also believe that the speed of the game will slow down without helmets, making the game safer.
I didn't say this so ya'll don't get onto me if you disagree. I'm just mentioning what I read about.
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SpiffyGuitarManBirmingham, AL Fans25 Staff |
SpiffyGuitarMan wrote on February 18, 2010 at 11:42 AM Actually Common, that makes Sense. If you are a hardcore linebacker who plays under the assumption that you are padded from the blow of the force, you're a whole lot more likely to run headfirst into a ball carrier than you would if you had a glorified leather helmet. Back in the day, there was much less gun ho-ness (or, gun ho-osity) to kill people with one super dive cause they knew they were gonna take the brunt of the hit. |
awbasketball48aaa, TN Fanatic |
awbasketball48 wrote on February 20, 2010 at 5:48 PM foriegners make fun of football because of the helmets and pads. but these pads allow for a much faster and harder hitting game. if you take helmets away, you got rugby tackling. its hard, but the game would slow down a lot, and thats the last thing anybody wants.
my solution, coming from 0 knowledge of the physics of hitting, would be to come up with a softer shell for the helmet. ive seen so many of my friends go down with concussions after head to head collisions. i know they are illegal, but they are also unavoidable. why could we not create a softer material to put on the outside of the helmets, to help reduce the impact when you collide helmets.
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tigerRBTR, SC Fanatic |
tigerRB wrote on February 20, 2010 at 5:57 PM Was watching that ESPN documentary, "The U", and saw one of the best (uh, brutal may be a better word) plays ever! It was when Miami played Texas in the Cotton Bowl in 1991. Texas had been talking crap all week about the Hurricanes being a bunch of thugs that were overhyped and how they were going to beat them in the Cotton Bowl.
Well, after taunting UT as they ran onto the field (before basically a home crowd in dallas) Miami's cover man, Bailey, tells his teammates that he was going to get his team fired up by knocking out cold the kick returner on the first play of the game............... He did it. On the opening kickoff, he ran full speed down the field and hit the Texas returner so hard it knocked him out cold!!! Miami beat the Horns 46-3 that day. Thats talking the talk and then walking the walk righ their my friends, concussions or not! watch first minute for the big hit on kickoff: |
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