[Husker] A few things

[Borer Steve CAA]

Actually, if you read the current issue of SI, studies are showing  
that LOS helmet to helmet contact is an issue.  Interesting/scary  
studie results!
Steve

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On Oct 31, 2010, at 10:33 AM, <gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com> <gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com 
 > wrote:

> 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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