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I came across this article and can't help but feel the writer is overstating the problem, or potential problem. I'm curious to hear what those who have been attending training camp feel.
Kicking game not just kids play by Mark Farinella of the Attleboro Sun Chronicle
Kicking game not just kids play by Mark Farinella of the Attleboro Sun Chronicle
If it were only kids involved in the end-zone scrum, that would be fine. That's a perfect way for a youngster to feel involved in the action, and when it's 20 or so youngsters who are all about the same size, the chances of one being hurt in the chase after the pigskin are minimal.
But all too often, adults involve themselves in the festivities - and they have no business being there. Too many of them are of the too-beefy variety, too, and their dexterity and coordination have to come into question.
I can't count the number of times I've seen 6-footers, often with shaved heads, weighing 250 pounds or more and wearing sweat-soaked replica jerseys, shoving kids out of the way or practically trampling them to experience the cheap thrill of getting their hands on a Gostkowski-kicked football.
One of these days, a youngster is going to get hurt - first by the joker who bowls him over to get the ball, and second by the rush of personal-injury lawyers looking to represent him in court.