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wait so does this mean espn's JACKED UP is longer airing? that was my fav show but it completely glorifies big (now illegal) hits.

i think this hitting issue needs to be taken to all the players. it needs to be explained to them completely. iE, you play football you WILL get concussions, there will more than likely be permenant damage, but you will make million, and be a star. obviously simplified but something to that effect. and just let them make a decsion. no one forces them to play.
 
James Harrison, needs to be suspended for a game or two. His hits were helmet to helmet on purpose not by accident.
 
James Harrison, needs to be suspended for a game or two. His hits were helmet to helmet on purpose not by accident.

It is too subjective to say. Both players change momentum to protect themselves as the impact is coming, and it often ends up helmet to helmet. It is bullshit, and does abosolutely nothing to protect the players. Football causes brain damage. There is no way around it. As others have said, these players have made a choice.
 
Good thing the average NFL career is only about 3 years.

it's amusing to me seeing how the act of receiving a concussion has suddenly been tripled with attention and importance in all stages of football.
Player (mental) health, especially after retiring, has getting a lot of front page discussion for a few years now. If I remember correctly, a big issue was(and perhaps still is) the NFL refusing to adequately fund healthcare costs for former players suffering injuries from their time in the league. Heck, they even refused to acknowledge the obvious cause. (There's at least one good article about this in GQ.) I think that brought more attention to concussions and how they're handled. Then we have a week such as last week, and heck even the whole season, and the NFL is being forced to act. Anyone know where the NFLPA stands on all this, especially the fines? Talk about a catch-22...

As others have said, these players have made a choice.
They did. But are they all aware of what impact all this may have on their lives down the road?
 
Another thing comes to mind, if there getting paid big money, they should have to have some major risk while playing the sport we cant baby it and still pay them that much money its pretty pointless people watch the game for knock down and knock out hits no need to stop them no matter the risk the player knows what is at risk and is rewarded a big enough pay check to keep it more than balanced such as Albert Haynesworth and all of them they know the dangers they get the big money so they should just let the players play unless it is a jack tatum like hit where it is way beyond a simple knock out shot such as the hits James Harrison demostrated.
 
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Well, overwhelmingly, they're paid what they're paid because they have a skillset very few people have and that skillset earns their employer what it does. They don't get paid well just because of the risk. Now, whether that same $$$ would be earned for everyone involved without the hits is a different discussion.
 
I dont see why football players and ball players in general are paid so much when they really dont have to do much for there money its not like there protecting the world from any danger. Or anything above our own entertainment, take JaMarcus Russell for example so much money for doing nothing but setting back the Raiders a couple more years. Its hard to fathem that there worth so much money.
 
James Harrison, needs to be suspended for a game or two. His hits were helmet to helmet on purpose not by accident.

The first hit was absolutely clean, he lead with his shoulder. It was the running back that put his helmet down.

The second hit was violent but still a legitmate football hit.

If you want a pansie league the CFL is always there for you. Watch that instead of voicing opinions that destroy the NFL please.
 
you obviously don't know the rules, wolfy. one cannot penalize defensive player when the offensive player has the ball and they collide, as long as it is not helmet-to-helmet, which the first hit was not

I agree, the second hit James Harrison dealt was violent, but defenders are taught to light WRs up as soon as they catch the ball - so they can drop it. Colt McCoy should have known better than to put his WR in such a horrible position against the defense. he basically set his WR up to get lit up. if I was the WR I would have some words with McCoy...

I also gotta give props to the Miami Dolphins, the beloved team of 3, 4. I think it was Channing Crowder who said that these new rules make the league more feminine and he is going to continue to try and blast through offensive players. the Dolphins have improved vastly since their start this season, and I am pumped to see my Steelers play against them this Sunday. both support vicious defenses and it should be a fun game to watch

I just watched a video with four or five marquee NFL players saying how this new enforced rule is horseshit, essentially. it's no surprise that Ray Lewis would be upset and he was in the video. but when you even have QBs against this new rule, Ben Roethlisberger and Drew Brees voiced their discontent in this NFL.com video, you know that something is up. to summarize, these elite QBs basically said that football is a violent sport and that they all know what they have signed up for

this is why they make the big bucks, folks. this is why they make about as much money in a couple years that most of us won't see in a lifetime
 
josh cribbs said that james harrison was doing exactly what he was supposed to do on his twitter page.

I have no bad will towards LB James Harrison. That's what he's suppose to do knock people out, it's what makes him one of the best....

I don't believe he intentionally wants to injure anyone, but it is apart of the game..

He has been hitting people like that as my teammate at Kent State & now as my rival he still hits people like that... He is still my boy...

It is unfortunate, but our sport is brutal we will both bounce back & compete again real soon... Oh yeah & we play each other twice!!!
 
^ yeah I read that yesterday. I've always appreciated the athletic ability of Josh Cribbs, but ever since I read his tweet about the hit, he gained a lot of respect points

when offensive players talk about how absurd a rule meant to "protect them" is when I develop a lot of beef with the subject. one of the many reasons pro baseball has declined is due to the decisions made by the desk jockeys who sit pretty and make judgment calls on a game they have never even participated in

just look Bud Selig, the Commi$h of the MLB, who refuses to implement instant replay (even in the playoffs or World Series). this is such a joke, and Commi$h Selig says that the players and managers aren't interested - so why should he? his defense has proved to be a fabrication as the said players and managers have voiced their opinion that is pro-instant replay

hey powers that be - please don't MLB my NFL
 
:O idk why I didn't check here first... Thanks for the redirection Axl.


Am I the only one who is bothered by the fact that Merriweather, the only player whose collision was a blatant disregard for the rules, was fined less than Harrison? Sure Harrison sidelined two people, but think about it, when has Harrison not been a powerhouse. Its like if Ray Lewis sidelined two people in a game. No one says shit cuz that just how he plays. They're both monsters. And we expect nothing but hits like that from them. Merriweather on the other hand, launched head first for the homies helmet. THAT deserves at least a $100,000 fine if Harrison is being fined $75,000.
It sends a message if you fine Him more because of the fact that he was intending to knock the living daylights out of him. I am a D-Lineman, I know what it is to be out there just to knock the other guy on their ass, but Jesus, I would never step on the field with the intention of injuring someone. That's not what the game is about. What Harrison did is perfectly fine in my book. Went out and got physical, and knocked the choco-spread outta some guys. But merriweather had no intention but to cause injury. That's why he should be fined more IMO.

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Roger Goodell has to be the worst commissioner of all time. He is going to kill this sport if he continues down this path. The worst part is, he completely misunderstands the science behind what he is doing. What they did at the beginning of the year as far as paying more attention to concussions was good. This is an overreaction that will not protect players at all. Concussions will not cause any problems later in life unless you get multiple concussions in a short period of time. How hard is that to understand?

It is probably just a way to get the league to go to an 18 game schedule, something else I disagree with.
 
It's official.

For the first time in their HISTORY, the NEW YORK JETS are FINALLY the Vegas FAVORITE to win the Super Bowl.

C'mon, Revis - step it up and bring a title to The City this year.

Cause we ain't getting one in 2010-2011 in any other conceivable way.
 
JaMarcus Campbell starting for Oakland today. :X

Still, there is some hope, won the last 2 visits to Denver, cant see it being 3 in a row, but one can hope.
 
Miami-Pittsburgh is living up to expectations. Those Pitt receivers are tough motherfuckers to bring down. Stupid of them not to call a timeout and take that last field goal attempt at the end of the half.
 
3, 4 - THIS is why I have been so adamant about firing our Offensive Coordinator, Bruce fucking Arians. excuse my language, this guy gets me heated. that in a nutshell showcases his clock management skills that is only baby steps above Les Miles

also, why would he call a reverse? that play made no sense, and I am sitting here befuddled
 
Miami gets fucked over on more bullshit calls than anybody in the nation, both in college and in the pros. Miami clearly recovered that fumble.
 
it was a fumble, it just wasn't clear that the Dolphins recovered. it was very confusing to say the least

looks like Steelers Pro Bowl D-End Aaron Smith might be out for the season. this is potentially horrible news for Pitt fans, as him being out last year contributed to that mediocre season

Bills and Ravens in OT? Browns top the Saints? WTF
 
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