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Are those your words, or an article you read? If it's an article, could you please supply a link?
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Are those your words, or an article you read? If it's an article, could you please supply a link?
Well arch...do you see a link?
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FIX THE HELMETS, ROGER....
...and stop screwing with America's game, TACKLE FOOTBALL.
The NFL is aware of helmet technology that will protect and greatly reduce, if not eliminate, concussions in the NFL.
What is this great, new helmet technology?...well, it's "not new" and it is a rather simple fix that could easily be applied to the existing equipment used by the players today.
In 1967, rookie MLB for the KC Chiefs, Willie Lanier suffered a concussion that darned near killed him. In an effort to protect Lanier, a Chiefs trainer came up with the idea of putting a layer of padding on the outside of Lanier's helmet, to help absorb the impact of a hit to the head.
The idea worked so well that Lanier played another 10 seasons on his way to a Hall of Fame career.
In 1989, Mark Kelso, safety for the Buffalo Bills, was advised to retire from football rather than risk another concussion. Again, a team trainer came to the rescue as Bills trainer, Eddie Abramoski, came up with an idea.
Kelso was fitted with a device called the ProCap...an added layer of padding that was attached to the outside of the helmet with Velcro. The idea worked so well that Kelso went on to play 5 more seasons appearing in 4 Super Bowls as the Bills starting Safety...and retiring from the NFL on his terms and not due to the threat of concussions.
Other NFL players who successfully used the ProCap to protect themselves from the threat of a career ending concussion are Indianapolis Colts lineman Randy Dixon (1987-95) and San Francisco 49ers lineman Steve Wallace (1986-97).
Roger Goodell and the NFL could mandate the use of the ProCap "now" for this season, if they wanted to. The real question is...why won't Goodell mandate the use of the ProCap?
Goodell would rather do his best to ruin the game of football than try something that worked in the past...it makes absolutely no sense.
I have written about Helmet Safety for years, questioning why the NFL and football in general lags behind the times in producing equipment to better protect today's football players. Today's football players continue to use the same basic technology for helmets that I wore back in the late 60s and early 70s...a rock hard, plastic outer shell with an assortment of pads and air chambers located on the inside to absorb the impact of a hit to the helmet.
The ProCap is a simple fix that could be used at every level of football...it is effective would be more affordable than purchasing the latest greatest rock hard helmet from the a helmet manufacturer.
Adding padding to the outside of helmets started long ago, dating back to Willie Lanier's helmet, which he first used back in the 1967. Other players saved their careers, using the ProCap...padding added to the outside of helmet.
You can only put so much padding on the inside of a helmet. Once you exhausted all the usable space on the inside of a helmet, there is only one other place to go to add padding...on the outside of the helmet.
I believe that answers your question...
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Also banned is overloading a formation while attempting to block a field goal or extra point. Defensive teams can now have only six or less players on each side of the snapper at the line of scrimmage. Players not on the line can't push teammates on the line into blockers, either.
The alignment violation is a 5-yard penalty. The pushing penalty is 15 yards for unnecessary roughness.
``There were injuries, yes,'' Fisher said. ``Talking to coaches and the players, it's just not something they look forward to doing. It's like, `Oh, we scored again? We have to go out there and protect, kick an extra point or try?'''
Wow, the players were complaining about having to block?
This game is becoming more and more orchestrated and fake. I think they are making some big mistakes.
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so leverage isn't a issue.
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No leverage outside of the Box??? Where did that come from...you cannot just say something like that n pass it off as FACT??? Every tackle involves Leverage!
I'm all for safety...this is all about Litigation.
JMHO
No I'm not confused, its more question of semantics and physics, more then anything. I use the term leverage in the sense of choosing a point (fulcrum) to apply the force so you gain an advantage on application and dissipation of energy.
Outside the tackle box,on a moving body, tackling isn't so much a question of advantage but of human morphology and energy dissipation, but in this case I don't use the term leverage, you don't position to take leverage but to absorb energy.
Neither tackling with your head nor tackling the opponents head accomplishes nothing.
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A lot of Physics mumbo jumbo for - I DON'T KNOW FOOTBALL!
Come on man...just say MY BAD. Throw your physics out the window but out of the box we are talking about smaller DB against probably bigger RBs - If you do not have an angle which is a very big part of Tackling to get the angles! You are talking head on...which is what this rule is about. Leverage = Low man winning! That is football 101 don't give me this gobbity gook...reminds me of Lawerspeak to bamboozle money out of people. Say WHAT. Don't try to flim flam it into some superiority knowledge like you know something I don't  This rule is breaking rule 101 of football - low man wins. RBs who are not Jim Brown are taught to LEAN! to Win the leverage battle. Sorry your post was very impressive in Gobbity Gook. But like the Shell game - just trying to flim flam n slip that PEA out of the picture.
I cannot believe you pulled that on a message board. 
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Hey, I'm impressed that someone actually used to word morphology on a football message board. 
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