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Alas, your viewpoint is all ass.It may seem so to children, sociology majors, and involuntarily virgin college girls, but alas it is not the case.
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Alas, your viewpoint is all ass.It may seem so to children, sociology majors, and involuntarily virgin college girls, but alas it is not the case.
I think it's kind of an easy thing to see.Lol, good luck enforcing this, refs
I don't get that either. Capitalism has been very successful.If it were not for these "capitalists" you whine about, they'd be working a chamois at some car wash.
Glad it's banned. It was cheap. It's similar to a horse collar. Young players need to watch tape of the generations before them on how to tackle.
Like the horse collar tackles I don’t like plays that bend players over backwards in really awkward positions, I think they can really **** up a players back, hips, or knees.A few things to mention, not really in favor or against, just general thoughts after reading about this the past few days:
1) The NFL cited roughly 100 instances of hip drop tackles last year. Not to take the NFL completely at it's word, but that would be 100 out of over 33,000 tackles that would actually be a penalty.
2) It seems like similar objections were made about the horsecollar tackle when that was banned.
3) There's some question as to whether this is actually going to be flagged a lot on Sundays, or more of a fine after the fact.
All in all, I get where defensive players are coming from, but I'm guessing they'll be able to adjust.
If it were not for these "capitalists" you whine about, they'd be working a chamois at some car wash.
Agree. I started noticing somewhere around 2021 or 2022. Teams that did this a lot were the 49ers, Ravens, Cowboys or any player that wore one color socks up to their knees.I don't remember seeing that tackle much in the past. It looks new to me. But so does a cell phone .
I don't like the looks of it. The player being tackled is as vulnerable as any player could be.
Lmao, that's the most domesticated-ass take I can imagine. I mean I entirely agree with your take on football being an inherently violent sport, and it's silly to disguise it as anything else, but uh... I'm pretty sure people are funneled into violent sports because of those 32 bum-ass owners who value money/empire over health. The same type of folk who cried about NILs.
Anyway, to the topic: this rule, like many, could potentially be good for safety and still preserve what little is left of hard defense, but as has been noted - it's _all_ about enforcement.
Concussion protocol is a really great idea - given our understanding of CTE, the likelihood for tau protein bundling after repeated concussions within small time frames, creating a measure to significantly reduce that risk is important.
Yet we still got the scary Tua situation two seasons back. Everyone in the league and every single fan said "uh yeah what the **** do not put this man in the field."
It's all about application.
Well, this requires a more rigorous discussion - GFY.