Bernard Pollard "The NFL won't exist in 20-30 years"

[Joker]

I think the rosters should be expanded to 60, with 53 game day active. With more players you can afford to take one out if he gets a concussion.

The owners would buck and probably dictate to Omissioner Clouseau that any rise in roster size be accompanied by an increase in games played. The owners aren't unilaterally going to pay out more in salaries without recouping that at the gate....

 

[JohninLynn]

There’s a man who brings dread upon sight.
He’s a bad luck charm, jinx and a blight!
Cost us a trophy for sure
And a chance at two more
Bernard Pollard, the Pats kryptonite!


Of how to break this curse many proffer
So this modest proposal I’ll offer
It may the best bet,
for Bernie to get
the travel agent used by Jimmy Hoffa.

 

[crew1954]

The NFL could just take the games overseas out of the reach of the US judicial system. much like MMA did until 10 years ago.

Yeah no games to attend, but what portion of fans are watching on TV versus attending on any given Sunday?

What portion of revenue is generated at the stadiums versus TV rights?

Even if the owners take a monetary hit on on the gate and concessions, that should be more than mitigated by the sums saved on lawyers and payouts for lost lawsuits.

So who you rooting for this week, Kampala or Lagos?

 

[THELAWFIRM226]

While I don't believe the NFL will be completely gone, I think we have to look at this in terms of legal issues. The NFL is dealing with lawsuit after lawsuit, sooner or later something drastic is going to happen. In 20-30 years, the NFL will be completely and fundamentally different than it is today.

 

[SoonerPatriot]

I think the rosters should be expanded to 60, with 53 game day active. With more players you can afford to take one out if he gets a concussion.

53 is fine all the way around. No need to expand to 60 if you're allowed to have, you know, YOUR WHOLE TEAM ACTIVE on game day.

The 45 man limit is just some arbitrary number and an outmoded rule that was implemented for no good reason.

 

[patriotsdynasty12189]

That's why you need to make the best gear in the world much better. Injuries and head trauma shorten NFL careers and will cost million in lawsuits. If they took 20% off the top each year and dedicate it to developing better equipment it would not take long to have dramatically better gear. That would show that the NFL is serious about dealing with player health and dramatically reduce major injuries. The new technology developed would be the new standard and the NFL could generate serious revenue distributing the new gearto colleges and high schools. Over time the investment would pay for itself, player careers would be longer and far fewer players would suffer major long term health problems from pro football careers.

Yeah but both players are wearing the same super protective gear. Which makes a defensive player like a heat seeking missle.

 

[Bill B.]

I know this sounds stupid and a lot of you will laugh at me, but I remember in the 70s a lot of football players with these big afros and long hair, saying that they had less head injuries because all the hair that they had. It seems the afros added an extra layer of padding under the helmet. Maybe Goodell should make long hair and afros mandatory and outlaw bald heads.

 

[Koma]

In 20-30 years, no one will remember Bernard Pollard.

 

[PlainOldEd]

I still think someone will come up with equipment inventions that will alleviate a lot of this stuff, I think the perfect NFL helmet hasnt been invented yet but someone will come up with something.

I don't think there is any such thing as a perfect NFL helmet, and if there is it would have to be fitted in between the players brain and the inside of their skull, because that is where the damage is happening. I'm sure they can do better (and my understanding is that they already have) but nothing you wear on the outside of your head will ever stop your brain from impacting the inside of your skull upon sudden direction change.

 

[IllegalContact]

why don't the yput padding on the outside of the helmet, also? and instead of a hard plastic, use some kind of hard rubber composite......change the helmet from a baseball into a restricted flight softball

 

[Steve102]

Bernard Pollard: It's outrageous what the commish is doing to our league! It's perfectly safe!

Interviewer: Would you let your kid play?

Pollard: No effing way! Too dangerous. :confused2:

 

[PatsFanSince74]

Bernard Pollard says NFL won't exist in 20-30 years - CBSSports

The thug,The injury machine and now the philosopher tells us the NFL is not going to last

Sadly, even for Pollard, this is a guy who won't be able to formulate a coherent sentence in 20--30 years. I'll admit that he'll be well down my list of those for whom I'll feel compassion, though.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

There’s a man who brings dread upon sight.
He’s a bad luck charm, jinx and a blight!
Cost us a trophy for sure
And a chance at two more
Bernard Pollard, the Pats kryptonite!


Of how to break this curse many proffer
So this modest proposal I’ll offer
It may the best bet,
for Bernie to get
the travel agent used by Jimmy Hoffa.

Well done.

Perhaps the Forum has found it Poet (or Limerick) Laureate?!?

 

[Sparetire]

Pollard is dumb, but im afraid he is right with all the law suits that are coming up against the league.

 

[patsfaninpittsburgh]

Pollard is dumb, but im afraid he is right with all the law suits that are coming up against the league.

Lawsuit money will eventually come out of active player money.

That's where the fight will be. I doubt active players want to play to pay retired players.

 

[ZoisKing]

Bernard Pollard says NFL won't exist in 20-30 years - CBSSports

The thug,The injury machine and now the philosopher tells us the NFL is not going to last

I was told by my microbiology teacher that the human race wouldn't exist in 50 years, so he's only 20 years off.

 

[Frezo]

Why 20 or 30 years? If there's an occupation that's causing brain damage, it shouldn't take more than 5 or 6 max to correct it.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

why don't the yput padding on the outside of the helmet, also? and instead of a hard plastic, use some kind of hard rubber composite......change the helmet from a baseball into a restricted flight softball

Because then you'll have massive numbers of broken necks.

If the helmet exteriors have any tackiness whatsoever, then when there's a glancing collision the surfaces will grab a bit and make the helmets twist around. Good bye necks!

Whatever happens, the helmet exteriors have got to remain as slick as possible so that helmets slide off each other.

 

[Bill B.]

why don't the yput padding on the outside of the helmet, also? and instead of a hard plastic, use some kind of hard rubber composite......change the helmet from a baseball into a restricted flight softball

You mean like this. Willie Lanier used to wear a padded helmet but it was to protect his opponent from being hurt more than it was to protect him.

 

[Avenger]

53 is fine all the way around. No need to expand to 60 if you're allowed to have, you know, YOUR WHOLE TEAM ACTIVE on game day.

The 45 man limit is just some arbitrary number and an outmoded rule that was implemented for no good reason.

I believe the 45 number come from 11 men on the field, 10 backups, that's 21 Offense 21 Defense, 3 Special Teams is 45.