The pressure to end football is increasing

[mraynrand]

More evidence:

Propaganda like this movie, terrifying moms into becoming soccer moms, the increase of virtual games, the destruction of masculinity in our society, etc. will deplete the ranks. Football is waxing now, but will be waning in the very near future.

[pbmax]

We have this covered in another thread. Bonus Tyrone Biggins commentary.

http://packerrats.com/showthread.php?17952-OT-Must-read-GQ&highlight=Omalu

[red]

yeah, i think the end of the game has already begun, its just too risky for young kids who have no shot what so ever of making the pros, but still play the game

i think there still will be a pro game, but it might be more like it was in the old days where you have iron workers and farmers playing the game (normal guys off the street), instead of full time players that have been playing the game since they were 2 or 3

[mraynrand]

We have this covered in another thread. Bonus Tyrone Biggins commentary.

http://packerrats.com/showthread.php...ighlight=Omalu

That thread had a different focus.

[falco]

[wootah]

Wouldn't surprise me; I read a couple of months ago that in the US you can actually buy specific headgear to protect your brain while heading the ball during soccer. That's a soft leather ball filled with air!



Come on, now

[mraynrand]

Wouldn't surprise me; I read a couple of months ago that in the US you can actually buy specific headgear to protect your brain while heading the ball during soccer. That's a soft leather ball filled with air!

Come on, now

[Packgator]

A few weeks ago I saw that a school district in Washington had banned the game of "tag". Yes, tag!!! The reason? To ensure the emotional and physical well-being of the kids.

[Rastak]

A few weeks ago I saw that a school district in Washington had banned the game of "tag". Yes, tag!!! The reason? To ensure the emotional and physical well-being of the kids.

When I was a kid we played "kill the guy with the ball". One guy starts with the ball and gets crushed, he tosses the ball up and the guy who catches it tries to elude tackles until he gets buried in a sea of hits. There was no scoring, just us knocking the shit out of each other.

[Cheesehead Craig]

When I was a kid we played "kill the guy with the ball". One guy starts with the ball and gets crushed, he tosses the ball up and the guy who catches it tries to elude tackles until he gets buried in a sea of hits. There was no scoring, just us knocking the shit out of each other.

Loved that game growing up. We called it much more un-PC names back then.

[Maxie the Taxi]

When I was a kid we played "kill the guy with the ball". One guy starts with the ball and gets crushed, he tosses the ball up and the guy who catches it tries to elude tackles until he gets buried in a sea of hits. There was no scoring, just us knocking the shit out of each other.

When I was a kid, we played tackle pom pom. You put a guy in the middle of the playground, then the rest run from one side to the other trying to avoid being tackled. Anyone tackled stays in the middle. At the end you have everyone descending on the last guy trying to make it to the other side of the field. No pads. No helmets. On a frozen playground. Ouch!

[mraynrand]

smear the queer. It's OK to say it. It's not un-PC. Queer doesn't automatically mean gay, unless you are talking about Harlan.

[mmmdk]

Kids stuff. Back in Europe we do holocausts - just as the mighty lord and Noah showed us in the good book.

[pbmax]

We called it "Smear the Queer" in elementary school, long before most actually knew what that insult meant. And this was long before there was an active rights movement that anyone was aware of. We were eventually told to stop using that name. I suspect the teacher was not defending gay and lesbians as much as trying to avoid that word in a playground with 1st and 2nd graders, though its impossible to know for certain.

So we called it "Kill the Guy".

Problem solved I guess.

Point is, that game is still played to this day at the public school five minutes from my house.

[Bossman641]

We always called it pig slaughter.