So, we should give up American football with all its protective equipment in favor of soccer with no protective equipment.
Bloodiest “sports event” I’ve ever seen - drunken sailors from two British ships playing soccer on concrete in Hong Kong.
Soccer is a lot less violent today than it was, if you watch matches from the 60s and 70s, stuff that would get a straight Red card today pretty much happened without so much as a foul being given.