Goodbye Tackle Football?
 

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It keeps getting worse.

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This is why, at any level of football, there has to be a replay system for anything involving head contact (though high school football wouldn't be able to afford such a system).

The fact that the helmet to helmet foul has existed for years and, by the NFL' own admission, helmet to helmet contact is going UP, and significantly, at that, goes to show that these rules have never and WILL never make the game safer.

A replay should be used only to determine (as best as possible) whether there was intent or not. All other head contact should not be a foul, because it's just not realistic that rules will change the nature of a violent sport. You have to decide if you are going to play tackle football (to the OP's point) or flag football. If you choose to play tackle football, there is no such thing as a safe game, and rules will not cause people to change their natural reactions in the heat of split second decisions, in a game that moves at a hundred miles an hour.

The rules will only change how much officials will be allowed to decide games. This has been a growing problem over the years, as it is. It's ridiculous.

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Rugby seems to do OK.

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Soooo, when the ball carrier lowers his head just before he's tackled, is that an offensive penalty?

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Can't wait for the XFL.

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My thoughts as well. This is beginning to become a little too complicated for me to grasp. The "old school" league is long gone.

Forget this new rule for second ... I still don't know what the hell a catch is anymore in the NFL :dunce:.

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It's looking better and better all the time.

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Don't worry bout getting to know it too well. In a few years the QB will be allowed to call a "safe space timeout" during play so he can walk the ball anywhere on the field & hand it to the receiver. :rolleyes:

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Two hand touch on the back with sensors. Force indicates YAC. Too light and 20 YAC. Helmets covered in re-purposed bed springs.

Injuries go down and a plus for the environment.

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I will watch the two new football leagues

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I think a lot of you are getting the whole thing wrong.

There are not that many tackles these days leading with the head. Enough that those can be eliminated or coached up to stop that nonesense. When you lead with your helmet you are purposely trying to hurt someone and knock them out of the game. When you do that I think the tackler should be removed from the game if he hurts someone because that isn't fair... Knock your star out and he can stay and play??? I think its fair play to remove the offender.

Usualy it is the dirty players that are doing this...

I know injuries are apart of the game but some of it is just ridiculous and uncalled for. These players should know how to tackle at this level.

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Is this all part of the cheating by Goodell?

Keep grey areas and lie in order to fix games?

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RENAME THE NFL THE PFL...
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The GFF League is looking mighty good. :bart:

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If she is the center, does anybody want to be the QB coach?

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There are a TON of tackles leading with the head. I don't know why players do this, but they do.

But there are times when guys are just trying to make a normal tackle and the runner/receiver lowers HIS head and it suddenly becomes a helmet to helmet hit. These things happen very quickly, and guys get flagged for it.

If you are launching yourself head-first, then you deserve a penalty. All of the other contact is not worth a penalty, in my opinion. And you can flag players all you want to, but they will not change. They have never changed. The only thing that ever changes is the amount of flags thrown, because of the increase in "protective" rules.

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Thanks for sharing Smash.

*Here's the deal with the low injuries to the head that cause concussion and neck injuries.........Rugby has tightened up their protocol tremendously for safety at the tackle. No more head hunting is allowed.

Too bad.....in the 70's and 80's I played with a nasty streak. Each team was allowed one sub. If you took out two players then you gained the advantage. I was down right border line dirty.........but it was legal at the time. I was an intimidator and enforcer. Of course I was also one of the smaller players early on. Although, that was then and this is now......


No tackle is allowed above the arm pit. EVER!
Every tackler must wrap with the shoulder to make a tackle. If he doesn't then it's a penalty.....do it twice and a red card is issued.
You can not lift a player off the ground to tackle him anymore.
You can not hit a player in the air that is jumping for the ball.
No more dump tackles. His shoulders shoulder never hit the ground before his hips do.
You can not grab a player by the jersey and sling him down. You must wrap him up with your shoulder and take him to the ground.


There is no first down in rugby......so a small territorial advantage doesn't really effect the game when a player falls forward the length of his body. We use the slide tackle a lot. Start the tackle at the navel and slide down and wrap his ankles. He's not going anywhere.

Goal line tackling is different.....and that is where good rugby players excel! We get low and tackle with our shoulder while driving the ball carrier up and back! The key is to tackle with your shoulder not your helmet!

This new tackle with your helmet tight to your shoulder pads introduced by the NFL is idiotic and is going to create more concussions! :argue:

Edit: If ya'll are looking for a good sport then women's rugby is awesome to watch and referee.

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If they sign up to play, let them play.

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Good ol Roger...

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I am all for trying to make football safe but this is ridiculous. Normal reflexes going to make the runner lower their helmet when they anticipated a collision. Weren't helmet supposedly made for head collisions? I couldn't imagine helmets were made for running into a player chest

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Making it more difficult to enjoy the sport year after year..