Hypotetical question:

[emoney_33]

There probably is a 1-percent chance of paralysis happening to every player on every play of every game. Same probably applies to the drive home afterward.

This is a seriously scary inaccurate view of what 1% is. 1/100 would mean a **** ton of paralyzed players every week. You'd get about 1 paralysis for every 5 plays of a game. If 1% was anywhere close to accurate, I'd say no one should play football.

OP... making crap up out of thin air doesn't usually help your case. Argue the rules on their merits, not on some ridiculously skewed fantastical hypothetical.

 

[Dufflebagz]

The two people who voted to let the player go by should probably stop watching football.

 

[emoney_33]

The two people who voted to let the player go by should probably stop watching football.

Or the rest of you should try to understand what 1% really means.

 

[lurker1965]

So we post an inaccurate hypothetical and use that to defend league decisions?...

You noticed that too, huh?

I answered "make the play, health of the other player be damned." I want to be clear. If it is the other player, as in the poll answer, I'd make the play.

If it were my own health, like the post implies, I'd like to think I'd figure there is an injury chance on every play, but I seriously don't know.

If I hesitate, I go up to the coach and tell him I'm retiring and he has better players than me on the bench.

 

[JoeSixPat]

There probably is a 1-percent chance of paralysis happening to every player on every play of every game. Same probably applies to the drive home afterward.

That's pretty much my assessment.

Everyone stepping onto the field accepts that there's a chance of paralysis in the first place.

 

[crowell33]

Lets assume a defender is faced with the following hypothetical situation:

If the defender does nothing the offensive player will run by the defender and score a TD or if the defender does X the player will not score a TD but there is a 1% chance the defender will be paralyzed. Should the defender do X?

If there is a unicorn on your roof, should you, A) go feed the unicorn and risk falling off the roof and there is a 1% chance of being paralyzed or B) go back to bed and sleep it off ?

 

[smg93]

Make the play. There's always a 1% chance on every play that someone will get hurt badly unfortunately.

 

[Off The Grid]

So...

Who knows how to spell "Hypothetical."??

Show of hands??

 

[chris_in_sunnyvale]

1% seems to be a high number for a legal tackle, otherwise we'd be seeing a high rate of paralized players who are in on hundreds of plays per year (e.g. RBs) or over their careers. Does your 1% imply an illegal play? I'm trying to visualize an either/or situation like you presented. Something like:

Defender is on the ground, has no chance to make the tackle except to reach up and grab the facemask and yank the player down.

Was there a specific scenario in your mind when asking this question?

Regards,
Chris

 

[TheGodInAGreyHoodie]

Was there a specific scenario in your mind when asking this question?

No and the 1% was just an arbitrary number.

Just wanted to see if maybe some folks could think about the new rules and enforcement in terms that maybe the health and welfare of fellow human beings as mattering a bit more than the outcome of an entertainment show. Instead of the shouts of "flag football" and "****ification"

Obviously that failed.