Given what's happened to Mahommes and DPJ, extrordinary precautions were taken for the players well being and rightly so, and I believe the majority of the fans support this. {Though they can do away with calling penalties for accidental love taps to the qb's head.) Concussions are a huge concern and can result in long term effects down the road.
It blows my mind that the public takes a completely different stance given the popularity of combat sports, where one of the three main goals is to concuss your opponent (KO). There's no talking around the argument that a knockout is a concussion, other than the relatively rare instances of body shots or injury causing a TKO.
The second is to land a greater number of or more powerful blows to the unprotected head of the opponent (to win a decision). It is a fact that solid and repeated blows to the head can result in a concussion, even though there are no immediate overt symptoms.
The third is submission.
The reason I brought this up is that as I age and learn more about concussions, I find myself losing interest in watching boxing and MMA. I used to watch quite a bit of it, but I'm now questioning the entertainment value in watching people deliberately try and injure their opponent.
Am I becoming enlightened or am I getting old and soft?