[Husker] A few things

[gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com]

Tony, stop being obtuse. You know perfectly well what I mean. Players leading with their head whether it's spearing a player or a hit to the head that can cause a serious brain injury.

Football, as are many others, is a dangerous sport. There is no need to make it more dangerous than it already is.

I also watch rugby and rugby players wear no hard protective equipment and are prohibited from tackling above the shoulders. I wonder what the comparitive statistics are regarding concussions and other TBI's. 
--
Greg Zimmerman, UNL '75
Overland Park, Kansas

---- Tony lambert <slimmer37 at hamilton.net> wrote: 
> Well you best not watch football any hit can cause an injury.
> 
> Tony Lambert
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <gzimmerman5 at kc.rr.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Husker] A few things
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> 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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