[Husker] A few things

[gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com]

Obviously the ones that are likely to cause injury.
--
Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas

---- Tony lambert <slimmer37 at hamilton.net> wrote: 
> 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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