Fair catches on kickoffs inside 25-yard line are now touchbacks

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ChiefIllini

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KrushCow31 said:
Unless they are silent injuries that build up over time like concussions or head injuries.
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I think this, combined with the fact that kickoffs rarely impact the game, that changes to it are the easiest and less intrusive. Sure there's other plays that are dangerous, but if you, for instance, play two hand touch on all QB's, thats severely altering the game. Giving a team the option to always at least have the ball at the 25 doesn't really change much, but makes it look like they are trying to limit injuries on a play that appears very dangerous.
 
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Illiini said:
Wait until someone figures out that heading a soccer ball rattles the brain around in the skull. I don't know what the frequency of headers is--I never played and don't watch the game--but surely as much as the routine head contact in football. With football you can at least try to mitigate head injuries, but with soccer, like boxing, it's really part of the game. Boxing is obviously more severe than soccer, but I can see the same issues being raised.

This of course leads to a discussion of all sports. How dangerous, and how easy is it to mitigate, injuries in any sport. Snowboarding anyone?
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They already have with soccer. Kids are not allowed to head the ball at all aged 10 and under. And there are restrictions on heading for kids 11-13, I believe.
 
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mattcoldagelli

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KrushCow31 said:
I didn't think we lived in a country where the government can dictate what sports people can and cannot play.

I wouldn't think this would be constitutional.
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We dictate when kids can and cannot do things that are deemed risky all the time. You seen any 11-year-olds buying smokes lately?
 
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IlliniJim20 said:
Driving a car?

Im on your side, but I can see this happening, eventually
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I just think there are different safety ramifications and drastic differences in widespread death and property damage between banning a 12 year old driving a car on the open road vs banning 12 year olds from playing a sport. Oh well I guess. Probably not the thread to discuss it.
 
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KrushCow31 said:
I just think there are different safety ramifications and drastic differences in widespread death and property damage between banning a 12 year old driving a car on the open road vs banning 12 year olds from playing a sport. Oh well I guess. Probably not the thread to discuss it.
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I think it’s pretty clearly about long term health and well-being. Football is bad for both of those things. I teach freshman, had a kid a couple years ago who already had 5 concussions in his life, his doctor wouldn’t allow him to play any sports. Feel like preventing that sort of situation isn’t the worst thing in the world.
 
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mattcoldagelli

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KrushCow31 said:
Good luck legally comparing a sport to a drug.
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Sounds really easy. If an activity can be proven to have serious detrimental effects on your most important organs (lungs, brain), we reserve that type of risk/benefit decision for adults all the time.

I’m not even necessarily saying I support this, just pointing out that this is not beyond the pale when you look at what else we do as a society.