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I hear ya, anon. See point #2 in previous post.

The biggest problem I have with this as a longtime assistant coach is I've seen lesser impacts cause severe concussions. As a matter of fact, if you look at the collision more closely, the WR's helmet landed squarely between the neck/chinstrap area and he could've suffered more than one injury if that impact had happened on another day at another angle. I could go on a rant (especially in the south where sports = religion) about how they don't teach these young men proper heads up tackling. Then they get used to hits like these as being "routine" or "normal", but suffice it to say the issue is way more complicated than that:

-These athletes are at peak physical condition; many of which are pushing themselves way beyond their physical limits.

-All the warning signs for a possible "event" are typically ignored to the point of it happening (and usually on the practice field instead of a game).

-Safety always, always, always comes last. Always.

And even if you manage to find a league where they take all these things into consideration, you're likely going to have at least one head injury, a few knee injuries, and a possible cardiac event by the season's end; with the last almost always being linemen, and almost always during the extreme heat of summer during endurance runs. Again, I'm not ruling out the vaxx, but to ignore a few decades of overweight (and conversely, overly strained to athletic peak) and "pushed too hard" kids and young adults getting laid out from over exhaustion and dehydration on the practice field is a disservice to the overall complexity of competitive sports. All of these players know the risks and proceed anyway because of a passion to play/compete. Players and coaches often take that passion to extremes.