Repeated hits to and with the head cause CTE
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Those kinds of hits were always cheap shots....it really doesn't mater if they were called or not. He could have held up and not drilled him directly in the spine.
I understand being competitive and the benefits the defense gets from sacking or hurrying the QB...but there is no need for that. I don't want to see Smith or anyone else paralyzed or killed because of a deliberate shot like that. It's dangerous enough out there already.
That said fine him but no suspension. :)
Derp.
Without putting to stop to hits like this, the lawyers really will destroy football.
It's happened before. This from Wikipedia:
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Early [football] games appear to have had much in common with the traditional "mob football" played in England, especially on Shrove Tuesday when they used a lemon instead of a ball. The games...remained largely "mob" style games, with huge numbers of players attempting to advance the ball into a goal area, often by any means necessary. Rules were simple, violence and injury were common. The violence of these mob-style games led to widespread protests and a decision to abandon them. Yale, under pressure from the city of New Haven, banned the play of all forms of football in 1860, while Harvard followed suit in 1861.
2024: Yes, I got your flag! In your face!!!
To those who think it should just be a fine, how much would you fine a guy making over 5 mil per year?
Yep. And leading with the head used to be handled on the field by the players. Its a relatively recent development that using the helmet to hit players with has become acceptable. And it was snuck in largely as a method to cause turnovers. The Bears under Lovie are proof there are better ways to do this.
If the game actually had a commish and not a weather vane, he would take this to the coaches and walk the helmet hitting back to 1972 levels.
Then he would increase spacing on the LOS since the one known area where CTE is likely to develop is with repeated sub-concussive hits with players along the LOS. Make the neutral zone wider and increase spacing between lineman.
High Schools should allow the A-11 again and then let the coaches fiddle with it.
But the Doppler 3000 in charge is worried about hits that make replays.
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They... didn't even fine Miller... WTF??
1974...nobody's conceiving of lawsuits later on. It's football.
2014...player safety are the buzz words; future lawsuits are likely the real concern.
Sit him a game, fine him and send him a note saying keep your head up and you'll see that the QB has already released the ball.