Obama not sure he'd allow a son to play football
 

Won't be long and professional football teams will be suiting up females, so one of his daughters will be able to play!

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Football's first fan isn't sure he'd let his son play the game, in light of the impact it takes on its players.

"I'm a big football fan, but I have to tell you, if I had a son, I'd have to think long and hard before I let him play football," President Barack Obama tells The New Republic.

"And I think that those of us who love the sport are going to have to wrestle with the fact that it will probably change gradually to try to reduce some of the violence," Obama said. "In some cases, that may make it a little bit less exciting, but it will be a whole lot better for the players, and those of us who are fans maybe won't have to examine our consciences quite as much."


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I never question my conscience watching football or boxing.
Nobody is forced to enter the sport.
Give the players the choice

a) the sport stays the same.
We improve the helmets,teach proper technique and come down hard on dirty plays,you take the risk you get the money you do now.

b)We change the game so you don't get hurt,but there is less interest so no more multimillion dollar contracts.
You will earn well but the days of showing off your house on crips and your diamonds and sports car collections are gone.You may even have to work after you retire from have game.


We all know what the players will say

Re: Obama not sure he'd allow a son to play football
 

Who asked this jackass anyway?

Re: Obama not sure he'd allow a son to play football
 

Never have a problem witm my conscience but I am however for most measures to make the game safer, especially when it comes to head injuries. I would like more work be done on equipment before rule changes thou.

In the light of my own injuries I could only echo Obamas sentiment.

Re: Obama not sure he'd allow a son to play football
 

I bet he wouldn't allow his son to go into the military either.

Re: Obama not sure he'd allow a son to play football
 

I'd care more about his opinion on the matter if he actually had a son ... :rolleyes:.

Re: Obama not sure he'd allow a son to play football
 

And I wouldn't care about his opinion even then.

Re: Obama not sure he'd allow a son to play football
 

Don't care.

Re: Obama not sure he'd allow a son to play football
 

True, you would think the POTUS has more important things to be considering & commenting on, eh? I do.

Re: Obama not sure he'd allow a son to play football
 

Hard to fault him for answering a question asked.

Re: Obama not sure he'd allow a son to play football
 

True, but you don't have to stick up for him. :lol:

Re: Obama not sure he'd allow a son to play football
 

True, but I can always hope it rubs somebody the wrong way. :-D

Re: Obama not sure he'd allow a son to play football
 

I find fault in almost everything he does. Starting with waking up in the morning :-)

Re: Obama not sure he'd allow a son to play football
 

Would they have to provide a birth certificate?

Re: Obama not sure he'd allow a son to play football
 

Well, thanks for keeping me honest, I didn't realize he was being interviewed, :lol:. Now I gotta' wonder what kind of stupid reporter asks the POTUS a softball question like that when there's so many other pressing issues to cover, :rolleyes:.

Re: Obama not sure he'd allow a son to play football
 

CBS.
NBC.
ABC.
PBS.
MSNBC.

Etc, etc, etc...

Re: Obama not sure he'd allow a son to play football
 

I disagree. If I'm the most powerful influentual man on the entire planet, I tell the reporter thats an irrelevant question considering the problems we're facing.

Its like when some liberal bonehead reporter asked Bill Clinton if he wore boxers or briefs.

"Child, Please!"

A real question would be...

"Why do you want to pass new gun laws when you don't enforce the ones we have?"

Or...

"Why do you insist on immigration reform when you refuse to enforce the laws already on the books?"

Or...

"Why did you ram Obamacare down America's throat when the vast majority was against it?"

etc etc etc...

Re: Obama not sure he'd allow a son to play football
 

I've seen many current and former players state that they've participated in this sport so their kids will have better opportunities, and wont have to endure the physical toll. One this week said he bought his son golf clubs or introduced him to tennis. I forgot which sport it was and who stated it.

Anyway, those who havent run into another human being doing his best to run into you with even greater force 50x a week for 6 months straight over a decade or so may take umbrage with Obama's comment. Obama does happen to be a basketball nut, so I'm glad to see him offer an opinion to a question that the heads of the CIA, NORAD, or CDC may have also found amusing enough to bother responding to.. You know, like a human being with interests other than being responsible for the welfare of humanity may have...