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To: Dr. Sivana

So what is the solution, and still keep football football?

some things could be done: eliminate the three point stance on both lines of scrimmage, forcing blockers and tacklers to collide with their heads up, looking at each other; any attempted tackle above the waist should be made illegal, forcing tacklers to aim for the thighs, and wrap up the legs; reduce the passing game in the middle of the field, which is where receivers are the most defenseless...there are a lot of things which could make the game safer...

personally, I’d rather see flag football; wide open play all the time without the savage mayhem, though of course, as in all sports, there would still be mishaps...


28 posted on 05/12/2016 10:15:40 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: IrishBrigade
any attempted tackle above the waist should be made illegal, forcing tacklers to aim for the thighs, and wrap up the legs;

That's a big problem on goal line stands.

Football recognizable as football has to have a place for Deacon Jones, Dick "Night Train" Lane, Reggie White, Bronco Nagurski, Jack Youngblood and Gary Fencik.
31 posted on 05/12/2016 10:25:11 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit."-R.Reagan)
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