Only touch football is ‘safe’.
Professional football is a violent sport; a hitting sport. Anyone who’s played the game knows how high emotions can run during a game.
Strong emotions from some of the most competitive men in sports with big bucks on the line will never result in safety during play.
Sure, minimize the potential damage to the players, but ya gotta let ‘em play.
If rules change, then that’s no different than rules changes in the past.
Folks act as if football hasn’t ever had rules changes before.
Just rule that hitting anyone, anyplace, any situation must be confined to shoulders and lower.
Is that significantly different than requiring a helmet, a facemask on a helmet, pads, etc.? What about the facemask penalty? We accept it without thinking.
Better science is telling us players brains are turning to jelly. Best to fix it with a simple rule change.