Outlawing football?!?! Really???

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  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    Are we really going down the political road on this? If so, I'm out.
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    We live in a F*cken nanny state with an overbearing govt that wants to controll everything....only going to get worse until people start standing up and saying NO

    This. Nobody ever thinks anything will happen until it happens. They won't institute an outright ban on football anymore than they'd wake up tomorrow and say guns are illegal. Nobody would go for that. What they'll do is gradually implement policies that make it pointless to own a football team (or a gun, as the case may be) or to try to make a career out of playing football, etc., until fewer and fewer people find it feasible to participate. And one day we'll wake up in a country where professional football no longer exists and go "Wow, how did this happen?" That's how governement mercenaries are able to work their voodoo. People are stupid.
  • Lisa1971
    Lisa1971 Posts: 3,069 Member
    OH HELLNOOOOOOOOOOO!
  • xLexa
    xLexa Posts: 482 Member
    I knew this scaremongering was coming as soon as the Pres said if he had a son he wouldn't want him to play football. The media is some funny **** these days and you all get dragged right in. I'm right there with the poster who said that their equipment needs to be better.
  • mateo57505
    mateo57505 Posts: 83 Member
    Because people never get hurt doing other sports

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  • rsm1972
    rsm1972 Posts: 283
    Shut your mouth. That'll never happen.

    TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!!
  • GiddyupTim
    GiddyupTim Posts: 2,819 Member
    I gotta stir the pot too. As long as players wear helmets, you are not going to be able to police the way they tackle and make hits. My sons play rugby. In rugby, you tackle differently. Do people bonk their heads? Yes. But not very often.
    You can say that the people who play the game are grown men. But they started as kids. If nothing is changed, in the near future, parents are going to start saying "No. My boy is not playing football. I don't want him losing brain cells."
    So, don't bury your head in the sand. Something is going to change, and you cannot make helmets better and you cannot stop guys from tackling head first if they are wearing a helmet.
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    Concussions are all Bush's fault.....just ask the democrats.

    This is dumb and not funny at all.
    Way to take a valid thread and make unreadable.
  • Midnight_Sunshine
    Midnight_Sunshine Posts: 369 Member
    Seriously? No Sarcastaball references?

    I'm the only one???

    Psh.

    Yeah. You're the only one who thought of sarcastaball. What a genius you are! It couldn't be because people didn't want to be redundant, could it?

    Whoo yea way to be rude on the internet!:huh:

    I bet that makes you feel like such a big man.
  • scs143
    scs143 Posts: 2,190 Member
    Why would anyone want to do such a thing!
  • jpell420
    jpell420 Posts: 10
    Getting worked up over something that has never been suggested and will never happen? A real sign of intelligence. Really???
  • _Tristan_
    _Tristan_ Posts: 221 Member
    i blame the democrats.

    Ignorance is bliss!
  • bakenatj
    bakenatj Posts: 36
    Concussions are all Bush's fault.....just ask the democrats.

    This is dumb and not funny at all.
    Way to take a valid thread and make unreadable.

    This is a political thread...duh, when a politician wants to ban something...it's political! Are you a star on Jay-Walking???
  • doorki
    doorki Posts: 2,576 Member
    Holy hell. This thread went south fast. Football will not be fixed from just changing the professional level. The culture needs to be changed from the beginning so people are allowed to be injured and get fixed up rather than it being badge of honor to limp out there pumped up with painkillers.

    Also, I think Jimmy and the Rugby players have a point about pads and helmets.
  • downsizinghoss
    downsizinghoss Posts: 1,035 Member
    Rugby is soooo much more fun to play.

    But still, they couldn't outlaw football down here, that would violate our Freedom of Religion.
  • TK266
    TK266 Posts: 3,638 Member
    I think playing and watching football has made you paranoid. :laugh:

    I saw nothing in that article that suggested making football illegal. the author was questioning whether football is as dangerous as media reports have been making it seem. his opinion is that football is as safe as any other sport, which I agree with.
  • SteveJWatson
    SteveJWatson Posts: 1,225 Member
    as a Rugby League player who had a go at American Football, I can honestly say I think all the equipment in AF makes the game more injury prone, just my opinion of course.

    Rugby is a badassed sport.

    It is :) makes us fellas who play it all the more prettier lol

    Pretty?

    You must play in the backs then. :bigsmile:
  • _Tristan_
    _Tristan_ Posts: 221 Member
    as a Rugby League player who had a go at American Football, I can honestly say I think all the equipment in AF makes the game more injury prone, just my opinion of course.

    Rugby is a badassed sport.

    I agree. I've played both sports and without the pads you have to use proper technique.
  • Tw1zzler
    Tw1zzler Posts: 583
    If they tried to outlaw football, Texas would secede from the Union.
  • EstiloPanama
    EstiloPanama Posts: 245
    People LOVE to see others being mauled, bruised, beaten on and competed with...whether it's in a Roman Coliseum or a football stadium. I highly doubt that such a sport would be cancelled forever. People thrive on that heat too much, and where there is a market, there will be a supply at a price...whether that price be overpriced tickets to a football game, over priced gear, or bonuses like extra sales on chips, salsa and soda during football season...the demand won't go down. It's too beneficial. Sorry if that didn't make sense. I'm hungry and need to eat. Brain is failing. Time to go eat.
  • downsizinghoss
    downsizinghoss Posts: 1,035 Member
    If they tried to outlaw football, Texas would secede from the Union.

    They always threaten to do that anyways! Sheesh
  • AngryDiet
    AngryDiet Posts: 1,349 Member
    Can't they just change it to non contact flag football?
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
    I love me some football but yeah, the NFL official head talks about safety and the players/coaches still receive/give bonuses for injuring each other. The players know this *kitten* goes down and still play. The league slaps a fine and lets these people keep their jobs. So I'm not so opposed to the government stepping in and taking legal action against illegal behavior in sports (targeting, bounties, throwing punches). If it is assault on the street it is assault during a game.

    Last year a MSU player actually grabbed the facemask of the U of M quarterback and twisted the guys head while sitting on him, immobilizing his body. I fully believe that man should be thrown in jail for attempted murder. Instead, he's going to be drafted quite high this year.
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    Concussions are all Bush's fault.....just ask the democrats.

    This is dumb and not funny at all.
    Way to take a valid thread and make unreadable.

    This is a political thread...duh, when a politician wants to ban something...it's political! Are you a star on Jay-Walking???

    It's not a political thread. The article doesn't mention a politician thinking about outlawing football at all. It says in the first paragraph that the president commented on the safety of the sport, and then goes into ways tools the game safer. The title of the thread, has little to nothing to do with the content of the article. It would be like me linking to an article on healthy eating and titling a thread "Outlawing Chocolate?!?! REALLY??!??!!!??!?11eleventy"

    Now there may be politicians out there who do want to get rid of the game, I don't know. What I do know from reading the article, is that no politician was quoted as saying so.
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    If they tried to outlaw football, Texas would secede from the Union.

    They always threaten to do that anyways! Sheesh
    I was gonna say... lol they threaten that weekly.
  • TylerJ76
    TylerJ76 Posts: 4,375 Member
    I have to pee.
  • doorki
    doorki Posts: 2,576 Member
    If they tried to outlaw football, Texas would secede from the Union.

    They always threaten to do that anyways! Sheesh

    Yeah, I'm getting pretty tired of it lol.
  • doorki
    doorki Posts: 2,576 Member
    Concussions are all Bush's fault.....just ask the democrats.

    This is dumb and not funny at all.
    Way to take a valid thread and make unreadable.

    This is a political thread...duh, when a politician wants to ban something...it's political! Are you a star on Jay-Walking???

    It's not a political thread. The article doesn't mention a politician thinking about outlawing football at all. It says in the first paragraph that the president commented on the safety of the sport, and then goes into ways tools the game safer. The title of the thread, has little to nothing to do with the content of the article. It would be like me linking to an article on healthy eating and titling a thread "Outlawing Chocolate?!?! REALLY??!??!!!??!?11eleventy"

    Now there may be politicians out there who do want to get rid of the game, I don't know. What I do know from reading the article, is that no politician was quoted as saying so.

    Exactly!
  • AngryDiet
    AngryDiet Posts: 1,349 Member
    If you make football outlawed, then only outlaws will play football.
  • DP325i
    DP325i Posts: 677 Member
    I live in TX and would love for us to secede...... Might have a strong economy then....

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