"Obama not sure he'd allow a son to play football"
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20130127/obama-not-sure-hed-allow-a-son-to-play-football/?sct=hp_t2_a8&eref=sihp
I am impressed by Obama's clarity.
I feel almost exactly the same way: (1) changing the game may change it so we fans won't have to examine our consciences quite so much, and (2) NFL players are grown men who make a choice and are well-compensated for the hits they take. The same is not true at lower levels.
I can't say I felt great about Ridley's hit in the Baltimore game, and I'd have felt the same if it was Ray Rice. Pollard and Ridley colliding, resulting in a brain injury which caused him to drop the ball, was likely the single play that most caused the Pats'
loss (I'd argue with the Brady tip-interception in the red zone). I'm not happy about that hit on multiple levels.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20130127/obama-not-sure-hed-allow-a-son-to-play-football/?sct=hp_t2_a8&eref=sihp
"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 tells The New Republic.
"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."
In an interview in the magazine's Feb. 11 issue, Obama said he worries
more about college players than he does about those in the NFL.
"The NFL players have a union, they're grown men, they can make some of
these decisions on their own, and most of them are well-compensated for
the violence they do to their bodies," Obama said. "You read some of
these stories about college players who undergo some of these same
problems with concussions and so forth and then have nothing to fall
back on. That's something that I'd like to see the NCAA think about."
I am impressed by Obama's clarity.
I feel almost exactly the same way: (1) changing the game may change it so we fans won't have to examine our consciences quite so much, and (2) NFL players are grown men who make a choice and are well-compensated for the hits they take. The same is not true at lower levels.
I can't say I felt great about Ridley's hit in the Baltimore game, and I'd have felt the same if it was Ray Rice. Pollard and Ridley colliding, resulting in a brain injury which caused him to drop the ball, was likely the single play that most caused the Pats'
loss (I'd argue with the Brady tip-interception in the red zone). I'm not happy about that hit on multiple levels.