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Ain’t it great. They take the wussification mentality that they have attacked our military with and are now trying to apply it to football. (As did George Will back in August. Looks like Rushbo was right again.)
1 posted on 02/02/2013 9:41:25 PM PST by Olog-hai
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It was inevitable that the American Communist Progressive Democratic Socialist Party would begin to attack the American institution of football.

Perhaps we could use this against them and ask each and every candidate for public office their opinion of this great American institution. Perhaps the sheeple would pay more attention to such as issue than they do to “unimportant” ones such as the national debt, entitlement spending, income redistribution, open borders, destruction of the U.S. military and all the rest of the actions the American Communist Progressive Democratic Socialist Party is taking to deliberately destroy the U.S.


2 posted on 02/02/2013 10:02:32 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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Good thing these guys weren’t around when they developed coal mining.

We’d still be burning wood.


3 posted on 02/02/2013 10:07:07 PM PST by Bratch
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The liberals are killing everything. They don’t call them the Culture of Death for nothing.


4 posted on 02/02/2013 10:13:14 PM PST by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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To: Olog-hai
expressing fear that one day a player might die on the field.

It already happened.

IIRC it was in a collage game between Harvard and some other school back in the early 1900's. It horrified people to the point that they began changing the rules to prevent it from happening again.

Back then the problem was a lack of protective equipment. Today it is a over abundance of it.

Take a look a Rugby a game that is very rough and tumble yet has less major injuries. The difference is that in Rugby you don't wear protective gear. So if you bang your head against another players head it is going to hurt. So you don't do it.

Something to think about.

5 posted on 02/02/2013 10:24:46 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Promotional Fee Paid for by "Ouchies" The Sharp, Prickly Toy You Bathe With!)
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Not a football fan (rugby - yes, ice hocky - yes) but this:
"Football is a hurt business, and the biggest cheers on Sunday will be for those who deliver the biggest hits"
Is the same as you hear from the anti NASAR/Indy/USAC crowd.

No. it isn't the biggest hits or worst crashes, it's the biggest run backs, the miraculous runs for a first down, the last lap passes and the turn four slides.
It is avoiding the crash, avoiding the "big hits", and it's for the Hail Marys. It's for the adrenalin rush and the vicarious thrill of both victory and loss.

I enjoy Little League and Women's Softball, but I have to remind the author that it is still possible to take a head shot at bat or a spike running to home.

6 posted on 02/02/2013 10:29:00 PM PST by norton
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Rush called it. Again.


9 posted on 02/03/2013 12:31:45 AM PST by sybilll
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Yep-—killing anything masculine. Grinding America Down.

The feminization of everything-—cuz without manly, men—the responsible, strong, aggressive Risk-Takers (not the ones lusting after other men like Hitler’s Henchmen)-—there would never have been an America-—or even a Revolution.

They hate the 2nd Amendment type men and those gun-toting women who love their men.


10 posted on 02/03/2013 1:09:15 AM PST by savagesusie (Right Reason According to Nature = Just Law)
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Football died when the NFL merged with the afl.
13 posted on 02/03/2013 3:08:31 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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Yeah the vets suffering from TBI as a consequence of IED’s going off in war zones are real wusses. - sarcasm off - I’d like to see you visit a VA hospital and spout that nonsense in front of one of them and their families.


14 posted on 02/03/2013 4:32:59 AM PST by KantianBurke (Where was the Tea Party when Dubya was spending like a drunken sailor?)
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Typical Lib wet dream - they always start off with “Could this happen....”. “Could Obama become a permanent leader of Amerika....” “Could another killing lead to 100% gun confiscation...”


15 posted on 02/03/2013 5:20:44 AM PST by trebb (Allies no longer trust us. Enemies no longer fear us.)
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Football is a hurt business, and the biggest cheers on Sunday will be for those who deliver the biggest hits.

"Allow me to begin my article with two false premises."

16 posted on 02/03/2013 5:30:53 AM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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I read in the great book “Seabiscuit” that the most dangerous occupation in sports is that of jockey. Will the libs start picketing the Kentucky Derby this year?


17 posted on 02/03/2013 5:41:39 AM PST by Mangia E Statti Zitto
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More people are killed skiing and snowmobiling in ONE winter then in YEARS of football. let’s not even mention swimming.
Brain injuries are more prevalent from soccer then from boxing or football


19 posted on 02/03/2013 6:46:19 AM PST by capt B
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