Eliminate the forward pass or take away pads. That's it. Those are the options.
The pads that are space age compared to what guys use to wear. Have been enhanced over time to make you feel invincible were first developed for a game that didn't have violent collisions in the secondary. It is often the plays that are made around a ball in the air that technique goes out the window. Tackles that happen in the run game usually have far less opportunities for high velocity impacts. Tacklers are often shedding of blockers that backs cut off of and collisions are more predictable for the players. The play is coming right at the defenders. The running back has an idea of were would be tacklers are. The only players you have to worry about in the run game when it comes to violent blindside hits are wide receivers. Wideouts peel back because that's the only way they know how to get pancakes.
The other way to fix footballs safety issue is to eliminate pads. At first there will probably be a lot more soft tissue injuries like the first footballers would have suffered. But quickly I suspect people will stop laying out for balls across the middle. I mean this generation of football player can't even handle getting a little turf burn. Thanks Alvin Kamara for starting that trend, that Coverall gets expensive when every 7th string RB wants to look like they play.
Coaches will soon have to start calling plays were that doesn't occur and we might see the return of single wing football. And no one wants that. So unless you are willing to completely see the game of football change than your concerns for player safety is a hollow one. The only other acceptable stance to take is that we can stop with the BS targeting, roughing the QB, calls that the NFL NCAA implement to give the appearance that they care about player safety. Do away with these penalties that are caused by the evolution of the game. And say the players understand the risk that another man may take your soul out on the gridiron.
This video pretty much proves my point. Count the hits in the passing game.
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