HapHaszard
March-26th-2009, 01:37 PM
http://redskinshogheaven.com/2009/03/nfls-hypocricy-is-as-brutal-as-the-hits-they-are-eliminating.html
Imagine this scenario: last play of the Super Bowl, a linebacker comes off the edge, eyes on the quarterback, visions of the Lombardi Trophy in his hands under a shower of confetti, then he slips. He still has a chance to bring down the QB, so he does what he can, and lunges at his target. Sack, game over, a lifetime of hearing coaches and parents telling him " don't stop until you hear the whistle" validated.
But now, that defender, once on the ground, is out. His play is over, not when the whistle blows, but when he hits the ground. Why? The NFL tells us it's for his safety.
That's laughable. If the NFL truly cared about player safety, why would they be serious about extending the regular season by two more games? How does that enhance player safety?
Roger Goodell cites a lack of interest from fans in the preseason as a worthy reason to put the players at risk for 8 more, non-playoff quarters. However, the preseason is a necessary evil. If the plan goes through, then there will be two preseason games. Two games before the regular season starts, hardly enough time for coaching staffs to evalute talent, to find the hidden gems that seem to emerge every August. Rarely do the stars that the NFL wants to protect with their new "safety" rules, play more than a series or two in these exhibitions.
Throw two more games on in January though, and that's when the the limits of safety will be tested. Players already worn down from the previous 16 games, will have to forge into two more three hour tenderizing sessions. How will that turn out?
The playoffs will become more watered down than a holiday punch at a Mormon party. Unless you are one of the teams that earns a first round bye, you're most likely going to be marching into battle with a wounded, and exhausted sqaud. And for what? So the NFL can sell more adversting space, so the owners can sell more tickets and $10 Budweisers, for more green.
We should just call the NFL lawmakers the Wu Tang Clan, because they adhere to the philosophy of C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)
Going back to the preseason, nobody likes it. Who wants to see the Redskins without Clinton Portis and Santana Moss? Who wants to watch the Vikings without Adrian Peterson? Nobody. But is it not better to go without stars like that in the preseason, than in the playoffs? With the addition of more games, that's a very real possibility.
What is most ironic about these rule changes , and season extending talk is a player like Hines Ward. One day, it's very possible that he'll be inducted into the Hall of Fame. On that day, while they show his career highlight film on the projector screen, the majority of clips will be of Hines and his blindiside batterings. The same ones that the league just outlawed!
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Imagine this scenario: last play of the Super Bowl, a linebacker comes off the edge, eyes on the quarterback, visions of the Lombardi Trophy in his hands under a shower of confetti, then he slips. He still has a chance to bring down the QB, so he does what he can, and lunges at his target. Sack, game over, a lifetime of hearing coaches and parents telling him " don't stop until you hear the whistle" validated.
But now, that defender, once on the ground, is out. His play is over, not when the whistle blows, but when he hits the ground. Why? The NFL tells us it's for his safety.
That's laughable. If the NFL truly cared about player safety, why would they be serious about extending the regular season by two more games? How does that enhance player safety?
Roger Goodell cites a lack of interest from fans in the preseason as a worthy reason to put the players at risk for 8 more, non-playoff quarters. However, the preseason is a necessary evil. If the plan goes through, then there will be two preseason games. Two games before the regular season starts, hardly enough time for coaching staffs to evalute talent, to find the hidden gems that seem to emerge every August. Rarely do the stars that the NFL wants to protect with their new "safety" rules, play more than a series or two in these exhibitions.
Throw two more games on in January though, and that's when the the limits of safety will be tested. Players already worn down from the previous 16 games, will have to forge into two more three hour tenderizing sessions. How will that turn out?
The playoffs will become more watered down than a holiday punch at a Mormon party. Unless you are one of the teams that earns a first round bye, you're most likely going to be marching into battle with a wounded, and exhausted sqaud. And for what? So the NFL can sell more adversting space, so the owners can sell more tickets and $10 Budweisers, for more green.
We should just call the NFL lawmakers the Wu Tang Clan, because they adhere to the philosophy of C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)
Going back to the preseason, nobody likes it. Who wants to see the Redskins without Clinton Portis and Santana Moss? Who wants to watch the Vikings without Adrian Peterson? Nobody. But is it not better to go without stars like that in the preseason, than in the playoffs? With the addition of more games, that's a very real possibility.
What is most ironic about these rule changes , and season extending talk is a player like Hines Ward. One day, it's very possible that he'll be inducted into the Hall of Fame. On that day, while they show his career highlight film on the projector screen, the majority of clips will be of Hines and his blindiside batterings. The same ones that the league just outlawed!
click on the link for the rest of the article