[NU Sports] Football Rule changes for 2012

[Eric Kunkel]

Hell Yes.  Brad Phillips knocking Io-a running back Greene into yesterday was lovely.  Seeing Louis Ayeni drill any thing that moved was also high on my list. Chris Spielman has it right: a slobber knocker is a beautiful thing.  GO CATS!!    Eric



-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis W. Brandt <tbng at comcast.net>
To: nwu-sports <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Sent: Fri, Feb 24, 2012 5:56 pm
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Football Rule changes for 2012


We train football players to have prodigious strength, to maximize speed and 
uickness, to hit with the force of a truck, and then pass rules to subdue that 
ower.  Anyone see a contradiction there?
Some rule changes have made sense, such as disallowing - even disqualifying (and 
ining) - any player who deliberately uses his helment as a weapon and keeping 
layers with concussion symptoms out of the game.  But don't expect to eliminate 
ignificantly helmet-to-helmet contact, broken ribs, or knees being snapped into 
selessness.  With powerful, athletic guys flying around at awesome speed, it is 
mpossible unless you want the NCAA to switch to flag football (although broken 
ody parts are still possible even then).  And don't tell me you don't jump up 
nd cheer when one of the boys in purple knocks an opponent into 
emiconsciousness with a clean hit.
At what point to you destroy the game of football?  When do games become 
onsumed with referees tossing yellow hankies and moving the ball back fifteen 
ards?  Maybe JoePa was right and players should go back to wearing leather 
elmets.  Then no one will lead with his head.
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