That 'taunting' penalty on the Bears during the Bears-Steelers Game in 2021 when the Ref intentional hip checked the Bears guy then threw the flag.....those Refs are out of control
What you said about older generations claiming how much tougher the game was in their era is spot on. I grew up in the 1980s and you'd think that my generation played with leather helmets the way some middle-aged fans complain.
My thoughts on why hits looked harder in the 80s. Pregame ritual a line of coke. Can't feel shit and hyped out of your mind means bigger hits. Halftime. Opioids to dull any pain. Continue the carnage.
Bro the nfl is stupid. The XFL in 2020 was able to put on nfl quality football, even passing in a few games, and kept the hard hitting of the past with the safety precautions of today. A prime example is the kickoff
Love that when you're talking about players trying to knock their opponents head off at 4:01 you showed three clips of Ray Lewis doing just that. 52 was downright scary, absolute legend
Want to know how soft todays league is? Go look up on TH-cam the old school clips and tackles. It has nothing to do with athletic ability. The rules Inhibit toughness and explosive plays. It is completely soft now.
Sometimes you see very soft defense where they seem reluctant to make a simple tackle. What's happening there is that the offense is scripted to score. When a defense knows they're supposed to allow a scoring drive they display this soft tackling style as if trying not to get injured while making meaningless tackles. One great example: Watch the Ravens/Rams game from last season where all Ravens try to avoid tackling Cooper Kupp on the Rams go-ahead scoring drive in the 3rd quarter.
4:26 “I don’t understand how there wasn’t a line at the hospital after every game on astroturf” lol that line had to me laughing. Me neither that old astroturf looked absolutely brutal to get slammed into play after play after play for 4 quarters
NFL has become choreography. Just like in wrestling. The tackles aren't even tackles anymore, its more like wrestling or soft core p@rn. Think of hunting, you are told to aim for the vital organs with care but why not just shoot a high caliber and destroy the target. Anyway
He hasn’t been making videos for long from what I can tell so it’ll probably take a while for the channel to blow up. But as long as he keeps making these awesome videos then he should blow up within the next year.
The bills were the only team in 2021 that allowed less than 300 points. Back then multiple teams did that in one year, there hasn't been a team allowing less than 200 points since the 2002 bucs
Don’t hate the player, hate the game. Most pro sports (Football especially) require the body to be pushed to its limits and sustain potentially crippling damage in the process. Very few make it out of this sport completely fine afterwards, and the damage racks up the longer they stay. But why do they stay, because they’re retiring as multimillionaires. Of course hits above the shoulders are bad, but if you’re on that field then the rest of your body is fair game to hit.
That is cute Rodger Goodell being the puppet… Wrong RG is the apex killer at the top of the NFL. The players and owners bow to him, not to mention some agents. You want to know how you can tell, let me tell you. When one person has the autonomy to fine and/or suspend a player for any infringement as is written or not in the player handbook, not to mention his ability to punish teams by taking away future draft picks, without oversight, I don't think that person can be called a puppet. The NFLPA has challenged a few of his decisions, but so far it looks like the NFLPA only picks cases they know they can win. So I guess puppet master or maybe PUPPET MONSTER would be a better name for him.
What people don´t understand is that the NFL has to be a role model. If you call the ever ongoing safety features soft, you might have CTE yourself. The game is changing to a faster, more physical game (impacts are around 35% higher in force than in the 2000s, and almost 60% higher than in the 80s), and more dynamic. Times change, knowledge change, so rules have to change as well. Imagine just doing stuff the same throughout your life.
I kinda hate the word "soft" being used by most fans. In truth, your average football fan would be in the hospital for a week after being by hit by an 2022 player in a normal, legal tackle. While I'm 100% behind things that will reduce brain damage in players, I do dislike the competitive unbalance that now exists between offenses and defenses. And of course, because I'm just your average idiot youtube commenter, I come with zero solutions!
I'm all for player safety, but: 1) What do I see every time a big play happens? Dudes smashing their helmets into each other to 'celebrate'... 2) In order to make it into the NFL nearly all of these dudes will have played football for years, maybe a whole decade; it's not like they just started playing the game the day before signing a contract...they KNOW the risks of playing the game. If they choose to play they simply value money more than their long-term health. I knew smoking was bad for me, but I did it for 21 years...and paid for it with a heart attack at age 46. Even though I haven't smoked since then (5 years), I still have to worry about cancer and other stuff that may pop up as I get older. I don't hear anyone lobbying the tobacco industry to make a 'safer' cigarette...
They can´t make a safer cigarette but they can show you the consequences. And if you still smoke after that, it´s your own fault. Smoking is a personal decision. Players playing in the NFL are playing vs. others, they expect to be protected.
@@bowlchamps37 Um, players playing in the NFL is a personal decision also...and I wasn't saying there should be a 'safe cigarette'; I was pointing out that I made a decision that impacted my health, just like all these NFL players do. As I said in my original post, these guys don't just start playing football right before making it to an NFL team, so they are WELL aware of the risks; and as for you saying they 'expect to be protected'...if this is true, then why don't they stop playing if they don't feel adequately protected?
they should take away all the pads and the helmets, this would stop overly aggressive tackles because the defensive player wouldn't feel all safe and wrapped up in their pads. Look at rugby, there are still hard hits and it's entertaining, but unwrapped tackles are heavily penalised and overall players are more safe and there is no mandatory padding at all even at the highest level. The really reason the whole NFL is soft is that players feel the need to rely on their padding and so are never cconditioned to make safe contact.
They exist so Vegas can make the maximum amount of money. You can call BS calls all game. If betting was legal (widespread as it is now) in the 80s Vegas would be broke because they weren’t enough rules to manipulate the game to Vegas’s liking
Simply making a gesture is not taunting (certain gestures are probably unsportsmanlike conduct). Making a gesture directed at an opposing player IS taunting, and it's a distinction the NFL has enforced for awhile.
Yeah, Taunting is stupid. BUT this rule doesnt make anything soft. Cause it has nothing to do with the game. Just look up the percentages of big injuries over the decades... they havent changed. If Football had the same rules today they had back then... half of the players would be severely injured at the end of the season. Cause players today are stronger, faster, more skilled... a 80's All pro Lineman would not be able to hold an average edgerusher or D-tackle and would just be overrun. Same for the other side. You could put the steel curtain against an average modern O-Line... they wouldnt be able to get to the Quaterback, or stop the running game whatsoever. And I am not even talking about the skill positions... Just look up some basic Draft stats from the 80's and today. Like 40 yeard dash. height, weight, agility drills... If the rules wouldnt have gotten "softer" there wouldnt be a NFL anymore. Cause who wants to watch the NFL if nearly all good skill players are heavily injured?
As an old AFL fan, yes, the game has gotten "softer." But with the kind of money at stake today, I've got two names for you: Jack Tatum and George Atkinson. You can't have that kind of player with today's salaries; you just can't. To say nothing of safety issues. And we get to see those incredible contested catches today that could never occur if the DBs could do Jack Tatum things.
We must brutally enforce unsportsmanlike conduct because in a game of 22 guys giving eachother brain damage over a ball... god forbid we have hurt feelings... And I hate this we must appeal to the masses and stop brain damage. Listen. These people make millions and millions of dollars playing with a ball. NO ONE forced them to play football and im sure players are VERY well aware of the consequences/side effects of playing such a dangerous sport. Many of the people that want a softer league dont even watch football go figure.
So you don´t need helmets for construction workers, no masks for firefighters, no bullet proof vests for cops, because hey, no one forces them to make the job.
@@bowlchamps37 Nice straw man argument but Ill go along with it. Never once did I say football players should not wear protective equipment. I love our firefighters and our police officers and I appreciate the work our blue collared construction workers do. I believe they should get protective equipment. But the reason our firefighters, and police officers get so much appreciation is because they sacrifice themselves for the lives and protection of others. I am sure firefighters, police officers, and construction workers KNOW how dangerous their jobs can be at times. But no one is saying LETS CHANGE HOW THE JOBS OF FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OPERATE. Its like firefighters not going into a blaze because they can be hurt. Police officers not going into an active shooting because they can be hurt. Or Construction workers not building on a sky scraper because they can be hurt. Hope this is making sense. Back to football. Football players know the risk like those other 3 jobs. When they are changing the rules so much where people dont enjoy watching football or its changing the game till its unrecongizable We can make it safer yes. But cant we change the reality of the situation. No. No one forces police officers, firefighters, football players, and construction workers to do that job.
So... let's talk about cigarettes. For a long time tobacco companies had known at least to some extent the dangers of smoking. They did their best to hide and alter this info effort to keep their customers uninformed and unaware of the severity of the hazards. In my opinion, the smokers who smoked primarily in the years that the information was manipulated or repressed and had negative health issues due to that smoking, they have a case for a very large civil lawsuit. However, I am of the opinion that anyone who began smoking since the year 1999 (arbitrary), does NOT have ANY legal grounds to sue no matter what health issues they may develop and any case should be immediately thrown out. Why? Because it is all about having all the information available and calculating risk factor to reward. It is common knowledge and an easily proven fact that smoking is unhealthy. Nobody on Earth can claim they didn't know that. So todays smoker knows the risk, and accepts the terms. The NFL veterans of the 90's and prior have a very strong case against the unions and the NFL to assist with their medical needs as the information was more or less non-existent. The information and studies are far from complete today but like smokers, nobody can say that they are unaware of the dangers and risks associated with head trauma and the game of football. I say all that to say rules to help minimize the likelyhood of unnecessary head trauma are great so long as they do not fundamentally detract from the product on the field. Players now know the risks and if they feel that the monetary compensation is enough reward to take that risk then they play. If it isn't worth it to them, they shouldn't play. I was a paratrooper in the US Army. The T10-D US Army parachute would have you hit the ground with about the same force as jumping from the roof of a 2 story building. It sucked and you could get seriously injured so there was a pay bonus for being an active paratrooper.... it was $150 per month. 😐. We were compensated for the elevated risk. I feel that even at the league minimum, the compensation for the known risk is more than adequate to be able to have enough players the field the teams and play the dangerous game they are paid to and signed up to play without it turning into Sarcasti-ball
Safety? Really. They want star around longer to put fans in the stands. It about money not safety. They get payed better to play a game then 30 years anywhere. They got insurance also.
I think your last comment -- on massive hits -- shows the inherent problem. For all the issues surrounding CTE and the outrage that being an NFL player correlates with getting CTE, the fans don't care. Fans want the players to die for their amusement.
As the video stated, studies show CTE doesn't come from big hits but rather a large number of collisions over a long period of time. The vast majority of these collisions are routine to the game and not that "massive." In other words, unless you're willing to make football illegal, CTE is going to happen. No one is forcing these players to play football and they are compensated w/ rather large sums of money. The veteran minimum is over $1mill/yr now. Therefore, like other jobs that are dangerous and can cause long term physical damage, they are paid far more than the average person.
If you're really worried about CTE, limit the career length to 5 years. And musicvidsetc is right, because it's linemen who generally get CTE, and they almost never suffer big hits, but on almost every play linemen get their helmets jostled during blocking.
@@Musicvidsetc the massive hits can still damage the brain. CTE isn't the only type of brain damage. Like people who've never played football but have had several nasty concussions during their life often still report having long-term effects.
Way too many rules in football;only 15 minutes + - of the ball actually in play.In hockey a 60 minute game has 60 minutes of action,non stop, up and down the ice with great collisions ,skill, speed, courage; and the fans can be @inches away from the action eh?
I say that today's players wouldn't survive not because the athletes are soft, but because they aren't ready for the severe hits they used to do. Brady vs LT with 70-80 rules, Brady wouldn't survive until halftime. If you disagree, talk to Joe Theismann.
Modern players couldn´t handle 80s football just like 80s players couldn´t handle todays NFL. LT would not even be the best defensive player in this era.
Goodell is a lawyer. Only reason why they hired him is to help prevent lawsuits. And yes. The game was tougher just 10 years ago. Just going over the middle is completely different from what it was. They say it was for player safety but it's money. They want high scoring games. Combined with prevent lawsuits.
Ironically something Goodell did to give medical advice and hide evidence was the first time the NFL truly exposed themselves to a lawsuit regarding CCTE with any real basis.
U said it has to be an insanely long amount of time to develop CTE, thats not completely true either. There are cases of youths before they even make the NFL.
I defend taunting for penalties. Why? Taunting causes fights like you said with the wrong players, which delays the game worse than any penalty discussion
I feel like taunting should be penalized but I feel like the officiating for it is way too strict. Like, look at that taunting penalty a player got for just staring at the opposing sideline for like 6-8 seconds after a play. Roughing the passer calls are also a good idea but the current ruling is a bit stupid and it gets called for the lightest of hits. It's like the person who came up with the new ruling doesn't understand how momentum works. Landing on top of the QB in nearly any way is roughing the passer, even though on some tackles it's completely unavoidable. I think we're actually getting more injuries on the DL nowadays because they're expected to stop on a dime when going in for a sack and that can put so much pressure on their ligaments. I doubt rulings would be as controversial as they are if the calls weren't so inconsistent. Last year we got OPI called that were closer to actually being DPI and vice versa, Roughing the passer calls when an edge rusher lightly bumped into the QB whilst trying to stop that the QB barely even sold and yet harder hits in the same game were overlooked and Taunting penalties for just looking at your opponents but also taunting not being called when a Wide Receiver points at a Safety or Corner as he runs past them to score. I know these are all brought up but I needed to get it out
I think the people saying the payers are softer is a vocal minority however I would say with out question people are emotionally softer and the league rules especially the new taunting rule is what makes it soft. If they could fix some of the soft rules like the taunting calls everyone hates and fix the horrendous refereeing the NFL would be close to perfect from a viewer perspective.
CTE is why, we are trying to protect our future generations brains and life. I know it sucks not seeing superman tackles, but we will also not be hearing so many sad stories of CTE changing a persons thought and reaction process. But yes Roger G is the reason why the league has lost so much of its edge due to turning the NFL into the NoFunLeague(NFL) by taking away celebrations, personal styles, 0 tolerence, etc...
YOU don't even know what causes CTE, so maybe you shouldn't have an opinion. If you're really worried about CTE, limit the career length to 5 years. And musicvidsetc is right, because it's linemen who generally get CTE, and they almost never suffer big hits, but on almost every play linemen get their helmets jostled during blocking.
@@SamBrickell lol umm isnt that ur opinion? And yea i know what medical surgeons and doctors have done to understand CTE, why are you so butt hurt that CTE is legit man? Its not my brain, if they want to risk it, its on them. Personally i dont even care about the guys at the top level do, i care about the kids brains of the future, the kids we can protect alot earlier on in life. Yes things need changing as far as safety goes in the NFL, if u weren't so closed minded you would do some research and see just how many players have been diagnosed with CTE later on in life. CTE happens when the brain gets bruised over and over from banging against your own skull. That's the jest of it, yea it can be any position, especially the old headhunters of the old school NFL, the one diving for mesmerizing tackles. And bro this the internet, if you cant handle ppls opinions, then u are at the wrong place.
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Unnecessary roughness has always felt like an oxymoron
Well getting too rough is a thing but NFL’s “too rough” is pathetic
That 'taunting' penalty on the Bears during the Bears-Steelers Game in 2021 when the Ref intentional hip checked the Bears guy then threw the flag.....those Refs are out of control
There will always be guys abusing their power. Just like there will always be cops who kill, firefighters you burn houses etc..
What you said about older generations claiming how much tougher the game was in their era is spot on. I grew up in the 1980s and you'd think that my generation played with leather helmets the way some middle-aged fans complain.
Facts. Mine does rhe same with the 90s the way some of my friends the same age talk its like we all were lucky to survive each game
40 years from now, the NFL will just be a three hour dance competition.
It’ll be 2 hand touch like middle school
@@NyxPoppinz Two-hand touch? That's ableist
Hey, settle down, feelings can get hurt in dance competitions.
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That's how they rig the game. It's about point manipulation and controlling the point spread to ensure the casinos win out
many of the roughing the passer calls are ridiculous.
My thoughts on why hits looked harder in the 80s.
Pregame ritual a line of coke.
Can't feel shit and hyped out of your mind means bigger hits.
Halftime. Opioids to dull any pain.
Continue the carnage.
Steroids too
Bro the nfl is stupid. The XFL in 2020 was able to put on nfl quality football, even passing in a few games, and kept the hard hitting of the past with the safety precautions of today. A prime example is the kickoff
Agreed
Love that when you're talking about players trying to knock their opponents head off at 4:01 you showed three clips of Ray Lewis doing just that. 52 was downright scary, absolute legend
Want to know how soft todays league is? Go look up on TH-cam the old school clips and tackles. It has nothing to do with athletic ability. The rules Inhibit toughness and explosive plays. It is completely soft now.
Watching the 91 eagles compared to any team in the past few years is just insane… we need a team like that back in the league
The problem is the growing number of team owners who are not actually football fans.
Sometimes you see very soft defense where they seem reluctant to make a simple tackle. What's happening there is that the offense is scripted to score. When a defense knows they're supposed to allow a scoring drive they display this soft tackling style as if trying not to get injured while making meaningless tackles.
One great example: Watch the Ravens/Rams game from last season where all Ravens try to avoid tackling Cooper Kupp on the Rams go-ahead scoring drive in the 3rd quarter.
At the end of the day its about keeping their stars on the field for higher attendence and ratings
Yup. Players are stronger and faster yet our brains are no more strong or durable
@@markanthony1004stop with the players are bigger and faster bullshit it's just advanced technology that's helping today's players
4:26 “I don’t understand how there wasn’t a line at the hospital after every game on astroturf” lol that line had to me laughing. Me neither that old astroturf looked absolutely brutal to get slammed into play after play after play for 4 quarters
NFL has become choreography. Just like in wrestling. The tackles aren't even tackles anymore, its more like wrestling or soft core p@rn. Think of hunting, you are told to aim for the vital organs with care but why not just shoot a high caliber and destroy the target. Anyway
Your channel is absolutely dope, how do you not have more subs??
He hasn’t been making videos for long from what I can tell so it’ll probably take a while for the channel to blow up. But as long as he keeps making these awesome videos then he should blow up within the next year.
The bills were the only team in 2021 that allowed less than 300 points. Back then multiple teams did that in one year, there hasn't been a team allowing less than 200 points since the 2002 bucs
@Matt Joseph I know wasn't it awesome back then. Defense and hitting are fun.
NFL 2030: 2 hand touch
NFL 2040: 1 hand touch
NFL 2050: Flag Football
LOL if we're still here. This country is done
@@aliensyndrome4280in what way?
@wft15 how about the inflation? Ever heard of World Economic Forum?
Roughing the passer aka The Shaaron Rodgers/Tom Shady rule.
Don’t hate the player, hate the game. Most pro sports (Football especially) require the body to be pushed to its limits and sustain potentially crippling damage in the process. Very few make it out of this sport completely fine afterwards, and the damage racks up the longer they stay. But why do they stay, because they’re retiring as multimillionaires. Of course hits above the shoulders are bad, but if you’re on that field then the rest of your body is fair game to hit.
Yet we still have boxing and UFC
Too dangerous. Might hurt eachother. We should change the rules, no hitting, hugs only.
UFC fights are often a lot of just grappling. Boxing is way worse in terms of brain injuries.
6:15 had me rollin 😭
That is cute Rodger Goodell being the puppet… Wrong RG is the apex killer at the top of the NFL. The players and owners bow to him, not to mention some agents. You want to know how you can tell, let me tell you. When one person has the autonomy to fine and/or suspend a player for any infringement as is written or not in the player handbook, not to mention his ability to punish teams by taking away future draft picks, without oversight, I don't think that person can be called a puppet. The NFLPA has challenged a few of his decisions, but so far it looks like the NFLPA only picks cases they know they can win. So I guess puppet master or maybe PUPPET MONSTER would be a better name for him.
The refs should just stop making taunting calls.
It’s gon be wrap up in a few years
Love your vids. Keep up the good work.
The NFL has become too commercial.
Players - tough. Game - soft.
If you're really worried about CTE, limit the career length to 5 years.
NFL.
National Flaccid League
I grew up in the '60s. The game was WAY tougher!!
What people don´t understand is that the NFL has to be a role model. If you call the ever ongoing safety features soft, you might have CTE yourself. The game is changing to a faster, more physical game (impacts are around 35% higher in force than in the 2000s, and almost 60% higher than in the 80s), and more dynamic. Times change, knowledge change, so rules have to change as well.
Imagine just doing stuff the same throughout your life.
Change isn’t necessarily good.
I kinda hate the word "soft" being used by most fans. In truth, your average football fan would be in the hospital for a week after being by hit by an 2022 player in a normal, legal tackle. While I'm 100% behind things that will reduce brain damage in players, I do dislike the competitive unbalance that now exists between offenses and defenses. And of course, because I'm just your average idiot youtube commenter, I come with zero solutions!
@Matt Joseph Kinda wonder how many NFL quarterbacks have peed, even just a little, when he was coming right at them!
Doesn’t matter, the average fan doesn’t need to be able to absorb a blow from an NFL player.
I'm all for player safety, but:
1) What do I see every time a big play happens? Dudes smashing their helmets into each other to 'celebrate'...
2) In order to make it into the NFL nearly all of these dudes will have played football for years, maybe a whole decade; it's not like they just started playing the game the day before signing a contract...they KNOW the risks of playing the game. If they choose to play they simply value money more than their long-term health.
I knew smoking was bad for me, but I did it for 21 years...and paid for it with a heart attack at age 46. Even though I haven't smoked since then (5 years), I still have to worry about cancer and other stuff that may pop up as I get older. I don't hear anyone lobbying the tobacco industry to make a 'safer' cigarette...
They can´t make a safer cigarette but they can show you the consequences. And if you still smoke after that, it´s your own fault. Smoking is a personal decision. Players playing in the NFL are playing vs. others, they expect to be protected.
@@bowlchamps37 Um, players playing in the NFL is a personal decision also...and I wasn't saying there should be a 'safe cigarette'; I was pointing out that I made a decision that impacted my health, just like all these NFL players do. As I said in my original post, these guys don't just start playing football right before making it to an NFL team, so they are WELL aware of the risks; and as for you saying they 'expect to be protected'...if this is true, then why don't they stop playing if they don't feel adequately protected?
they should take away all the pads and the helmets, this would stop overly aggressive tackles because the defensive player wouldn't feel all safe and wrapped up in their pads. Look at rugby, there are still hard hits and it's entertaining, but unwrapped tackles are heavily penalised and overall players are more safe and there is no mandatory padding at all even at the highest level. The really reason the whole NFL is soft is that players feel the need to rely on their padding and so are never cconditioned to make safe contact.
They exist so Vegas can make the maximum amount of money. You can call BS calls all game. If betting was legal (widespread as it is now) in the 80s Vegas would be broke because they weren’t enough rules to manipulate the game to Vegas’s liking
Simply making a gesture is not taunting (certain gestures are probably unsportsmanlike conduct). Making a gesture directed at an opposing player IS taunting, and it's a distinction the NFL has enforced for awhile.
CTE and injuries That messes with money but yeah flags on stupid shit is well foolish
Hey tub sorry about your channel but I still will watch all the videos I’m one of your biggest fans
thanks for sticking with me man
No thanks for uploading and not giving up when it gets hard
Yeah, Taunting is stupid. BUT this rule doesnt make anything soft. Cause it has nothing to do with the game.
Just look up the percentages of big injuries over the decades... they havent changed. If Football had the same rules today they had back then... half of the players would be severely injured at the end of the season. Cause players today are stronger, faster, more skilled... a 80's All pro Lineman would not be able to hold an average edgerusher or D-tackle and would just be overrun. Same for the other side. You could put the steel curtain against an average modern O-Line... they wouldnt be able to get to the Quaterback, or stop the running game whatsoever. And I am not even talking about the skill positions...
Just look up some basic Draft stats from the 80's and today. Like 40 yeard dash. height, weight, agility drills...
If the rules wouldnt have gotten "softer" there wouldnt be a NFL anymore. Cause who wants to watch the NFL if nearly all good skill players are heavily injured?
As an old AFL fan, yes, the game has gotten "softer." But with the kind of money at stake today, I've got two names for you: Jack Tatum and George Atkinson. You can't have that kind of player with today's salaries; you just can't. To say nothing of safety issues. And we get to see those incredible contested catches today that could never occur if the DBs could do Jack Tatum things.
We must brutally enforce unsportsmanlike conduct because in a game of 22 guys giving eachother brain damage over a ball... god forbid we have hurt feelings...
And I hate this we must appeal to the masses and stop brain damage. Listen. These people make millions and millions of dollars playing with a ball. NO ONE forced them to play football and im sure players are VERY well aware of the consequences/side effects of playing such a dangerous sport. Many of the people that want a softer league dont even watch football go figure.
So you don´t need helmets for construction workers, no masks for firefighters, no bullet proof vests for cops, because hey, no one forces them to make the job.
@@bowlchamps37 Nice straw man argument but Ill go along with it. Never once did I say football players should not wear protective equipment. I love our firefighters and our police officers and I appreciate the work our blue collared construction workers do. I believe they should get protective equipment. But the reason our firefighters, and police officers get so much appreciation is because they sacrifice themselves for the lives and protection of others. I am sure firefighters, police officers, and construction workers KNOW how dangerous their jobs can be at times. But no one is saying LETS CHANGE HOW THE JOBS OF FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE OFFICERS, AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OPERATE. Its like firefighters not going into a blaze because they can be hurt. Police officers not going into an active shooting because they can be hurt. Or Construction workers not building on a sky scraper because they can be hurt. Hope this is making sense. Back to football. Football players know the risk like those other 3 jobs. When they are changing the rules so much where people dont enjoy watching football or its changing the game till its unrecongizable
We can make it safer yes. But cant we change the reality of the situation. No. No one forces police officers, firefighters, football players, and construction workers to do that job.
The bears player also did a spinning kick right before
So... let's talk about cigarettes. For a long time tobacco companies had known at least to some extent the dangers of smoking. They did their best to hide and alter this info effort to keep their customers uninformed and unaware of the severity of the hazards. In my opinion, the smokers who smoked primarily in the years that the information was manipulated or repressed and had negative health issues due to that smoking, they have a case for a very large civil lawsuit. However, I am of the opinion that anyone who began smoking since the year 1999 (arbitrary), does NOT have ANY legal grounds to sue no matter what health issues they may develop and any case should be immediately thrown out. Why? Because it is all about having all the information available and calculating risk factor to reward. It is common knowledge and an easily proven fact that smoking is unhealthy. Nobody on Earth can claim they didn't know that. So todays smoker knows the risk, and accepts the terms. The NFL veterans of the 90's and prior have a very strong case against the unions and the NFL to assist with their medical needs as the information was more or less non-existent. The information and studies are far from complete today but like smokers, nobody can say that they are unaware of the dangers and risks associated with head trauma and the game of football. I say all that to say rules to help minimize the likelyhood of unnecessary head trauma are great so long as they do not fundamentally detract from the product on the field. Players now know the risks and if they feel that the monetary compensation is enough reward to take that risk then they play. If it isn't worth it to them, they shouldn't play. I was a paratrooper in the US Army. The T10-D US Army parachute would have you hit the ground with about the same force as jumping from the roof of a 2 story building. It sucked and you could get seriously injured so there was a pay bonus for being an active paratrooper.... it was $150 per month. 😐. We were compensated for the elevated risk. I feel that even at the league minimum, the compensation for the known risk is more than adequate to be able to have enough players the field the teams and play the dangerous game they are paid to and signed up to play without it turning into Sarcasti-ball
They should just bring back rules and equipment from like 1910
Safety? Really. They want star around longer to put fans in the stands. It about money not safety. They get payed better to play a game then 30 years anywhere. They got insurance also.
I love me some football but....I barely watch it at all now because its complete bullshit for the defenders.
6:14 Have you ever played football? There's something off about that statement.
I'm a USFL fan👊
I think your last comment -- on massive hits -- shows the inherent problem. For all the issues surrounding CTE and the outrage that being an NFL player correlates with getting CTE, the fans don't care. Fans want the players to die for their amusement.
As the video stated, studies show CTE doesn't come from big hits but rather a large number of collisions over a long period of time. The vast majority of these collisions are routine to the game and not that "massive." In other words, unless you're willing to make football illegal, CTE is going to happen.
No one is forcing these players to play football and they are compensated w/ rather large sums of money. The veteran minimum is over $1mill/yr now. Therefore, like other jobs that are dangerous and can cause long term physical damage, they are paid far more than the average person.
If you're really worried about CTE, limit the career length to 5 years.
And musicvidsetc is right, because it's linemen who generally get CTE, and they almost never suffer big hits, but on almost every play linemen get their helmets jostled during blocking.
@@Musicvidsetc the massive hits can still damage the brain. CTE isn't the only type of brain damage. Like people who've never played football but have had several nasty concussions during their life often still report having long-term effects.
Imagine bringing back the rules from the 1960s
It's impossible to tackle without leading with the head.
Way too many rules in football;only 15 minutes + - of the ball actually in play.In hockey a 60 minute game has 60 minutes of action,non stop, up and down the ice with great collisions ,skill, speed, courage; and the fans can be @inches away from the action eh?
Found the Canadian
Hockey has become pussified too.
Hockey is not 60mins non stop. Nobody watches hockey for skating but for the action, and action overall is around 12mins in a 60min hockey game.
I say that today's players wouldn't survive not because the athletes are soft, but because they aren't ready for the severe hits they used to do. Brady vs LT with 70-80 rules, Brady wouldn't survive until halftime. If you disagree, talk to Joe Theismann.
It's not like LT was out there breaking legs on a regular basis, that was a freak accident that could've happened to or been caused by anyone.
Modern players couldn´t handle 80s football just like 80s players couldn´t handle todays NFL. LT would not even be the best defensive player in this era.
I’m not gonna talk to Joe Theismann, his leg is all busted up.
Obviously not because people's health is a concern...
I really hate European soccer fans calling American football soft
Goodell is a lawyer. Only reason why they hired him is to help prevent lawsuits. And yes. The game was tougher just 10 years ago. Just going over the middle is completely different from what it was. They say it was for player safety but it's money. They want high scoring games. Combined with prevent lawsuits.
Ironically something Goodell did to give medical advice and hide evidence was the first time the NFL truly exposed themselves to a lawsuit regarding CCTE with any real basis.
Who’s here after the hip drop tackle rule change
It would have been hilarious when you said supreme lord Roger goodell if you would have followed it with all hail Roger goodell
Nfl is as soft as the nba, mlb and nhl too. They’re all soft
U said it has to be an insanely long amount of time to develop CTE, thats not completely true either. There are cases of youths before they even make the NFL.
No.. th😢categorically incorrect… cte does not mean over time whatsoever
Do Americans understand sports??
Dude Lawrence Taylor broke Joe Theismanns leg in three places on Monday Night football and no flags
Did you really complain about the NFL trying to widen its fanbase. WOW awful take. I disliked the video. Get off TH-cam
You’re not allowed to hit anyone anymore. It’s soft 💀 you can lie all you want but your wrong
This guy's a dope
The rules and their goals don't match for a reason. #Fakeball
I defend taunting for penalties. Why? Taunting causes fights like you said with the wrong players, which delays the game worse than any penalty discussion
And it´s also not a great role model. In a country where violence is so present.
I feel like taunting should be penalized but I feel like the officiating for it is way too strict. Like, look at that taunting penalty a player got for just staring at the opposing sideline for like 6-8 seconds after a play.
Roughing the passer calls are also a good idea but the current ruling is a bit stupid and it gets called for the lightest of hits. It's like the person who came up with the new ruling doesn't understand how momentum works. Landing on top of the QB in nearly any way is roughing the passer, even though on some tackles it's completely unavoidable.
I think we're actually getting more injuries on the DL nowadays because they're expected to stop on a dime when going in for a sack and that can put so much pressure on their ligaments.
I doubt rulings would be as controversial as they are if the calls weren't so inconsistent. Last year we got OPI called that were closer to actually being DPI and vice versa, Roughing the passer calls when an edge rusher lightly bumped into the QB whilst trying to stop that the QB barely even sold and yet harder hits in the same game were overlooked and Taunting penalties for just looking at your opponents but also taunting not being called when a Wide Receiver points at a Safety or Corner as he runs past them to score.
I know these are all brought up but I needed to get it out
Fans love fights
NHL is way tougher
*Does a Backflip*
I think the people saying the payers are softer is a vocal minority however I would say with out question people are emotionally softer and the league rules especially the new taunting rule is what makes it soft. If they could fix some of the soft rules like the taunting calls everyone hates and fix the horrendous refereeing the NFL would be close to perfect from a viewer perspective.
CTE is why, we are trying to protect our future generations brains and life. I know it sucks not seeing superman tackles, but we will also not be hearing so many sad stories of CTE changing a persons thought and reaction process. But yes Roger G is the reason why the league has lost so much of its edge due to turning the NFL into the NoFunLeague(NFL) by taking away celebrations, personal styles, 0 tolerence, etc...
YOU don't even know what causes CTE, so maybe you shouldn't have an opinion.
If you're really worried about CTE, limit the career length to 5 years.
And musicvidsetc is right, because it's linemen who generally get CTE, and they almost never suffer big hits, but on almost every play linemen get their helmets jostled during blocking.
@@SamBrickell lol umm isnt that ur opinion? And yea i know what medical surgeons and doctors have done to understand CTE, why are you so butt hurt that CTE is legit man? Its not my brain, if they want to risk it, its on them. Personally i dont even care about the guys at the top level do, i care about the kids brains of the future, the kids we can protect alot earlier on in life. Yes things need changing as far as safety goes in the NFL, if u weren't so closed minded you would do some research and see just how many players have been diagnosed with CTE later on in life. CTE happens when the brain gets bruised over and over from banging against your own skull. That's the jest of it, yea it can be any position, especially the old headhunters of the old school NFL, the one diving for mesmerizing tackles.
And bro this the internet, if you cant handle ppls opinions, then u are at the wrong place.