Football has become such a pansy sport

[jadon087 10+ year member]

Guys gotta realize that that not only has the game changed, but the athleticism and training of the athletes. Back when their were less rules they werent to many LB that were 6'2-'6'4 250+ running 4.5's and De's have really changed the game. I mean De's nowadays are 6'4-6'6 265-290lbs running low to mid 4 second forties.

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

man has improved...offensive players should have improved as well as defensive players

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Yeah, I just hate when a flag gets thrown while a player is mid lunge or already falling towards an opponent.... and it's a late hit or personal foul. I mean it's not like you can stop mid fall...

nG

 

[Savstyle 10+ year member]

Its funny when you say Qb's are being protected. Not really.

Its a select few that are. The superstar Qb's are being protected. Brady. Manning, and so on and so forth.

Ive seen shity qb's get tagged and hit in the helmet and hit to the legs and flag get called. The Nfl wants money and when brady got injured they proly lost a good bit of money. So there protecting the superstar Qb's.

You can argue Bball did the same with Jordan. Ive heard that arguement alot. Even so it wasnt so freaking blatent.

Its disgusting when a hard nosed game has to be played soft. If a D-lineman trips off the line and a lineman keeps em on the ground and lunges from the ground to hit the qb. Id call it a good 2nd effort.

And guy that said hines ward is trying to injure people? You gotta be kidding me. Because he lays hard hits to defensive players who do it to him on the regular. Earholing a player is perfectly legal and cant be frowned upon. He just hits hard and alot of those hits were needed to spring plays.

Not a fan of sissifying the NFL

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

niggz makes a good point on superstar QBs.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

I was listening on talk radio about how better protection in helmets and such is actually detrimental because players are able to take bigger and harder hits than they used to be able to. The constant jarring of the brain and the skull is horrible and it leads to lots of motor disabilities later in life.

Doctor's were actually saying they should go back to being leather heads, then they'd be less likely to take those huge hits constantly.

nG

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

i also think the extra weight on the helmet plays a factor...whiplash with the added weight, no matter how strong of a neck you have, is not good

 

[TeamRetribution 10+ year member]

Society in a whole ,have turned into a bunch of puss*...younger kids have no heart ..

when i played football ,i was on the field for one thing not to see a bunch of pansies crying about being hit ..football is a contact sport ,if you cant take a hit play water polo are one of those other *** sports

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

seriously...hey drop...have u seen simons mom?

also where i grew up playing, in american samoa, we played hard all the time. i remember a guy playing with a helmet without cheek pads, a guy that played with a broken nose, broken fingers with no splints...all they wanted to do was win, play,hit someone

 

[sabor 10+ year member]

Dick Butkus, Ray nitschke, Donny Anderson, Jim Brown, OJ, guys like that. Real football days. It's all about the $$$ now. Hines Ward is a great blocker. What kind of football did you folks play? (Oh my, fowl, he hit me when I wasn't looking)//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif Did anyone ever run "bull in the ring in practice" Come on now, I know, let's turn pro football into powder buff. Offense and high scores draw the crowds now. In the old days a great game might be 10 - 7, or 3 - 0. I don't care what anyone says though, old days or present day.............defense wins Super Bowls.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Oh and BTW.. Hines Ward is one of the best WR in the Game and those blocks were clean and legal

And guy that said hines ward is trying to injure people? You gotta be kidding me. Because he lays hard hits to defensive players who do it to him on the regular. Earholing a player is perfectly legal and cant be frowned upon. He just hits hard and alot of those hits were needed to spring plays.

Not a fan of sissifying the NFL

Most of Ward's monster hits are not necessary in order to spring plays. He hits random people who aren't even in the freakin play...legal, but a cheap shot that makes you look like a bitch IMO. Hines is like the kid that always got picked on in school and now he has a chance to take out his frustration to unsuspecting people on the field. He's a chump IMO.

Don't get me wrong, he's a great blocker 99% of the time, it's just the 1% that tarnishes his image with a lot of people.

 

[bigaudiofanati2 10+ year member]

So OP, you would rather see someone get hurt badly than enjoy the sport?

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

id rather enjoy the sport honestly...i never minded getting hurt...don't act like the guy hitting doesnt feel his blow if the offensive player didnt want to gt hurt, get lower than the other guy......

also its not about them getting hurt, its the sissy calls on accidental bumps and delaying hte flow of the game