03-17-2016, 05:01 AM
pRICE cUBE wrote:
I believe this will continue to usher in an era of increased safety precautions and concussion care. Some of the long time fans complain about lack of brutality in the game but to me there are plenty of big hits and athletic feats under the new rules.
Youth football actually had an increase in participation in 2015. Maybe it is time for tackle to be started at a later age such as high school.
As with any athletic endeavor, nothing is completely safe.
I also believe there will be much more scrutiny of concussions on others sports such as soccer as well.
IMHO this is apologist BS. Concussion care is totally irrelevant. American football has already been proven to result in significant chronic degenerative brain disorders. It doesn't matter how much you care for someone with a concussion (i.e. a short term or acute problem), the chronic (i.e. long term) issue of degenerative brain problems is not going to be taken care of. The only way to do anything about this massive problem is to change the rules and equipment significantly.
Why would it make any difference to change the tackle age? All that would do would be to change the year in which the football player becomes brain damaged.
As far as all athletic endeavors not being completely safe, that is absurd...american football is vastly more dangerous (to the brain especially) than almost every other sport. That is a false equivalency if I've ever heard one.
Soccer may have some issues but they are nothing compared to the vast amount of documented brain damage occurring in american football. Suggesting that there is some equivalency is just throwing FUD up in an attempt to excuse the health disaster that is american football.