American football is too dangerous, and it should be abolished

The Guardian ^ | Monday 4 January 2016 | Dave Bry

[MinorityRepublican]

Megatron is smart. He already made his millions. Why stay longer for a losing team? 20 years from now he wants to be able to remember his children’s birthdays.

[dfwgator]

Yep, as a Lions fan, I’ll be sad to see him go, but other part of me says, good for him. Just like when Barry Sanders retired. Bet every day he wakes up now he’s glad he got out when he did.

[Himyar]

Crash vests are great for eventers who jump big, solid fences. A really tough sport. Other equestrian sports don’t need that much protection.

[dfwgator]

I think if I were a football player, my plan would be to play for no more than two contracts, then get out before reaching 30. But so many players blow their money that they have no choice but to keep playing.

[MinorityRepublican]

Yeah I’m glad that Barry Sanders get to enjoy a higher quality if life. Can’t say the same for late Junior Seau.

[MinorityRepublican]

It’s sad to see what happens to those former athletes in dire straits” after watching 30 for 30 — “Broke” on ESPN. They’re typically come from lower class and the Universities they played for failed to give them an education which includes financial literacy. That’s the consequence of taking “Mickey Mouse” classes.

[Steve_Seattle]

The Guardian - the paper of record for Britain’s poofters.

[Steve_Seattle]

"In rugby, you do not use your head to tackle."

I've often wondered if all the "protective" gear in American football might actually make the sport MORE dangerous, not less. Helmets and such allow the players to use their bodies as weapons. What player would intentionally spear another player in the head if it were noggin to noggin instead of helmet to helmet? Today's helmets weigh several pounds, and - by making the head area unnaturally heavy - they create a lot of torque in the neck.

[NTHockey]

Drunkenness aside, who in their right mind plays soccer on concrete?

[scrabblehack]

http://www.lflus.com/

There are several other leagues also but LFL has a TV contract (cable, I forget which channel).

[hal ogen]

Let’s all play loser soccer and be like the loser euros.

[the scotsman]

Nobody won the war of 1812. If anyone won it, it was Canada. Throwing a US invasion out for the second time in 37 yrs.

And anyone who thinks America won WW1/WW2 and saved Britain needs to read a history book.

[the scotsman]

So you have watched rugby.

[the scotsman]

No, you have your own loser sports.

(well, actually you don’t, baseball, basketball and gridiron aren’t American. Ice hockey is Canadian, lacrosse French)

[Winniesboy]

The reason for the steadily increasing coverage of US affairs, and use of American writers (like the author of this article) in The Guardian? It’s simply that The Guardian now has a larger readership, especially online, in the US than the UK.

[txnativegop]

I read the Economist (affecting English accent) LOL