[Husker] A few things

[Tony lambert]

But it is still helmet to helmet as you have stated. So which is it no 
helmet to helmet or the big hits.that you have a problem with ?

Tony Lambert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com>
To: "Husker List" <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Husker] A few things


Helmet to helmet contact on the line of scrimmage isn't the issue. That's 
not where you see the violent collisions that result in concussions. It's 
the desire for the "decleater" type of block or tackle in the open field.

The potential consequences can be severe. While it wasn't a helmet to helmet 
contact, it was helmet to astroturf, remember what happened to former Husker 
and my former teammate at Omaha Westside, Tom Pate.

--
Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas

---- Nick Chevance <nickchevance at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 9:47 AM,  <gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com> wrote:
> > To try and eliminate helmet to helmet hits should be the goal even if 
> > it's not obtainable. If the game becomes less violent, so be it.
> > --
> > Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
> > Overland Park, Kansas
>
> The goal is unobtainable.  As someone has already pointed out, and it
> should be completely obvious to anyone who watches football, there are
> many helmet-to-helmet collisions in every game.  Take for instance
> line play.  When an offensive and defensive player meet, its almost
> always head-to-head.  And as in the Martin hit last week, it looks
> like the hittee tucked his chin just at contact, which is the natural
> thing to do, a reflex.
>
> I'm not advocating for ignoring the issue, but it's just not possible
> to have no helmet contact and still play the game as a contact sport.
> For instance, Dennard's injury was from his own player - how do you
> treat that in the world of no helmet-to-helmet contact?  Suspend them
> both?  It makes little sense.
>
> I think again the intent of the rules as they are now is to limit the
> intentional targeting with a helmet.  I think the rule works fairly
> well, and I think most players are aware of the rule.  I think where
> the rule gets into a gray area is trying to infer intent from a video
> review of something that often happens in a blink of an eye.  A lot of
> this type of talk has gone on on this list, inferring intent from a
> breakdown of a hit, since last week.  I'd argue that intent is
> sometimes available to you on video, but most of the time, its only in
> the mind of the player.  And if we can determine intent with any true
> accuracy from video alone, why the hell are we spending so much on
> security at airports?  All we'd have to do is be filmed going to
> airplanes.
>
> Nick
> -- 
> “It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be 
> unhappy.”
> Groucho Marx


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