This past weekend in the NFL, there were many bone crushing, and violent hits. This caused at least five players from different teams to be sidelined. Most of the injuries were due to concussions from these hard knocks. Harrison from the Steelers sidelined two Browns players by himself.
The NFL has rules to cut down down on these hits, and have just enforced these rules with a small fine to the players that carry out these hits. After this weekend it will no longer be that way. The NFL is now going to start enforcing these rules with a suspension for the players that carry these hits out. Although it is unclear on how long these suspensions will be, as a fan I do not want to see the hard hits stopping.
Football is known as one of the toughest sports of all time, and is deeply loved and revered by men all over the country. I'm o.k. with helmet to helmet hits being illegal. I can see how those are severely damaging to both players involved in the hit. Take for example the Eagles DeSean Jackson, and the Falcons Dunta Robinson. Robinson unleashed on Jackson with a helmet to helmet collision that ended with concussions for both players. Meriweather from the Patriots committed a helmet to helmet hit on a defenseless Ravens player, that was left sidelined by the hit. Yes those hits need to be taken out the game. But the NFL does not need to take action against hard bone crushing hits.
The player receiving the hit knows what he signed up for, knows that a serious injury is one play away at all times. That player knows that injury from playing football is evident, and a high possibility. Apparently the NFL commissioners have forgotten that FOOTBALL IS A CONTACT SPORT!! Contact meaning there is an extreme physical aspect that requires one play to use physical force to bring down another player. Thus can result in injury.
If the NFL wants to carry out its plans to get rid of these hits its going to cause problems. Defensive players are going to be playing with less motivation, and will not try as hard to make a tackle. Thats what defensive players are there for. They are not there to shy away from physical confrontation, but to attack it head on. Now the NFL is acting like it does not want defensive players to play defense. What is this sport going to turn into? Flag Football, or Two Hand Touch. Keep it a mans sport and keep that extreme physical aspect that America loves in the game.
