tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post9184077615228729618..comments2024-03-26T17:55:50.539-04:00Comments on Cranky old man: IS FOOTBALL DOOMED?joehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-33561533552048358722014-12-09T19:56:04.959-05:002014-12-09T19:56:04.959-05:00Haha! I bet there is at least one basketball playe...Haha! I bet there is at least one basketball player with head injuries. Let me think...never mind, my head hurts right now.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-30715171725663632232014-12-06T21:54:05.002-05:002014-12-06T21:54:05.002-05:00My son got a concussion playing basketball. Scary ...My son got a concussion playing basketball. Scary stuff. CT scan. No practice for 10 days. He wasn't quite himself for a little while after that.<br /><br />Good thing our school doesn't have football.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-18809271159007331462014-12-06T19:37:16.281-05:002014-12-06T19:37:16.281-05:00I'm glad my son is 5 foot 10 and 132 pounds. ...I'm glad my son is 5 foot 10 and 132 pounds. No football for him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-62837218173068367762014-12-06T18:36:18.134-05:002014-12-06T18:36:18.134-05:00Lawyers are so good at finding ways to put a stop ...Lawyers are so good at finding ways to put a stop to all kinds of fun. Sometimes that's a good thing but most times it just turns everyone into paranoid idiots afraid to enjoy life because they might end up spending the rest of their days dealing with lawsuits.Leeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655189620056032790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-71844531299567239432014-12-06T18:32:39.681-05:002014-12-06T18:32:39.681-05:00We have the technology and the smarts, the problem...We have the technology and the smarts, the problem is we're idiots. There are helmets that can nearly eliminate concussion but unless they get forced onto all leagues from peewee up they're useless. By the time one reaches pro most of the damage is done. Every dizzying hit contributes and by the time pro is reached all of the brain suspension elements have already been compromised so the dinger gets easier for those huge faster players to bang on.<br /><br />There is helmet tech that can nearly eliminate concussions at all lower levels and I think the NFL should grow at east half a brain and equip all those lower leagues as a show of good faith. Problem is there's too many concussed he-men in places of power in the league .......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-16328399692126546162014-12-06T18:23:23.754-05:002014-12-06T18:23:23.754-05:00Great post, although I question our beloved game b...Great post, although I question our beloved game being replaced by flag football. I agree with Suldog....watch a rough and tumble game of top level rugby. No pads, no helmets, few injuries. They know how to tackle without hurting themselves. They wouldn't dare "spear". It would make them an instant vegetable. I say cut back the equipment and play on.lowandslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16894539893079965536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-27300752015893084402014-12-06T16:54:42.756-05:002014-12-06T16:54:42.756-05:00Football has always scared me a bit. The last time...Football has always scared me a bit. The last time we moved, we picked a school district with a school that had a lousy football team...I didn't want my son to have any part of it. (He didn't, and is now about to graduate with his brain intact as a computer engineer)Pixel Peeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553862902461169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-68353559541579359102014-12-06T15:39:42.548-05:002014-12-06T15:39:42.548-05:00There is a gladiator mentality in sports today. Ba...There is a gladiator mentality in sports today. Baseball is getting away from it a bit with this year's catcher/runner change in rules. Football is a mother's worst nightmare and as more and more moms are keeping their sons out of the game, perhaps attrition will eventually get to the game. It will take time. My Razorbacks are proud of sporting the largest offensive line in all of football-including the pros. For now, size matters. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-17266032279563621132014-12-06T13:53:24.102-05:002014-12-06T13:53:24.102-05:00Mine and my two sons experience was much the same....Mine and my two sons experience was much the same. I've have similar views now though in recent years I've come to think it will be soccer that will replace the game. But then again the violence of the sport and its warlike value remain popular our culture and the money in the for colleges and pros speaks for itself. The change come slowly but it will come....:)troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-60868502154787279562014-12-06T13:09:29.731-05:002014-12-06T13:09:29.731-05:00oh basketball not baseball...sorry maybe I took on...oh basketball not baseball...sorry maybe I took one two many hits.joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-29011145782920112312014-12-06T13:06:34.634-05:002014-12-06T13:06:34.634-05:00Imagine if you were a pro & that happened on n...Imagine if you were a pro & that happened on national TV!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-12714767992230071082014-12-06T12:52:26.179-05:002014-12-06T12:52:26.179-05:00Flag football was what we played on our street whe...Flag football was what we played on our street when we were kids. Nobody received a concussion, although I once lost my pants when my flag wouldn't come off.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-83066790693066310982014-12-06T11:42:56.394-05:002014-12-06T11:42:56.394-05:00Football is a sport right? I think so. Bwahahaha...Football is a sport right? I think so. Bwahahahahahahahahaha. Just messing with you.<br /><br />Have a fabulous day. :)Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-57066948095951082412014-12-06T11:00:59.194-05:002014-12-06T11:00:59.194-05:00i do believe effects are felt many, many years aft...i do believe effects are felt many, many years afterward that may not be traced back to the hits taken on the field. vertebrae, nerves, etc. the damage is there for life.TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-60490412100774760632014-12-06T10:46:02.981-05:002014-12-06T10:46:02.981-05:00Tony Conigliaro and many others.Tony Conigliaro and many others.joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-59404939097785042232014-12-06T10:27:34.560-05:002014-12-06T10:27:34.560-05:00What you say makes sense, and maybe the game is do...What you say makes sense, and maybe the game is doomed. Nobody is willing to put weight limits on players, or restrict the type of passing game it is. Soccer, anyone? Although there, too, is the danger of brain injury from headers. OK, basketball it is.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-39325604296229308952014-12-06T09:35:06.880-05:002014-12-06T09:35:06.880-05:00I've been an advocate of removing the padding ...I've been an advocate of removing the padding and helmets as a way to REDUCE injuries. That stuff makes guys fearless. I know the fact I wear a certain amount of protective gear as a catcher makes me far less reticent to throw myself in front of runners. The natural tendency is to keep the head from harm if it's naked.Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.com