Oh no. That goes to the point of additional padding or making moves illegal. I’m not for that.
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Add padding and everyone slows down, can’t move as deftly, and figures some way to cheat the padding rules.
Illegal moves. Will need more refs and camreas and replay reviews, probably with AI analysis of the video.
So, let’s just go to virtual video football. Each player has a console. Nobody physically touches anybody. All moves are legal. John Madden Football, live.
It’s funny to go back to the 80s and see how huge the pads were compared to now.
“Each player has a console. Nobody physically touches anybody. All moves are legal. John Madden Football, live.”
Ok, but to make it interesting, every time the other team scores, your whole team gets an electric shock for as many seconds as the points the other team scored.