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Would be sad to have it eliminated as it can determine so much
in the outcome of a game. It's exciting and can be game changing.
Zero plays if it's us and Wake Forest playing
If you're allowed to choose to serve your country at 18 then surely you have the ability to choose if you want to play football. They say you know the risks of joining the military, so you probably should also know the risks of a sport you choose to play. I know they're doing this because youth football is dying, and football has probably peaked, but I just don't care if players get hurt playing. I know a lot of people are going to get really mad at that last part, but it's just how I feel. They choose to play it, they're adults, it's their decision, they know the risks. That's my opinion, feel free to downvote, my turkey leg war with HDubya is over now anyway.
When you look at it simplistically, taking out 6-12 plays in a whole game of football will not sway parents to allow their kids to start playing football. Kickoffs come with the territory of playing football and NCAA should recognize that.
Edit: Zero plays if it's us and Wake Forest playing
Is it bad that my first thought was "Bimbo Coles has a soccer team?"
I support rugby becoming the safe replacement option.
Here's my problem with data. There will always be a "most dangerous" type of play out there. If we remove kickoffs it is very possible that it is the end of it. It's also very possible that another type of play becomes the next on the chopping block.
I don't think anyone likes to see players get injured. If you do, go step on the field with these athletes on kickoff and see what happens. There is risk though. These students are getting a college education, some of them are looking at the NFL, and others have their own reasons to play. When it comes down to it, there needs to be a clear and understood assumption of risk. I used to be an athlete, everyone I knew never though "it'lll happen to me" we were all invincible at the time. Players need to know that this is a real threat and they have to consciously accept that risk if big time ball is for them.
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# | Finding the H-Back, The Versatile Centerpiece of Justin Fuente's Memphis Offense With Durkin's running ability, seems like he'd be good for this.
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# | Elimination of the kickoff on the table by college football rules committee WARNING: UNPOPULAR OPINION ALERT!!!
If football goes the way boxing did another sport will fill the void. I don't necessarily think it would be a bad thing if football fell by the wayside. As much as I love the sport it is dangerous and the culture in this country has produced countless football players who turn out to be poorly educated, overpaid criminals.
I love watching football and will continue to do so as long as it remains in existence but phasing the sport out may end up being a good thing.
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# | Where the Hokies come from: Virginia Tech's old recruiting approach appealing to new coach he convinced every WR who committed to Beamer and Loeffler to stay in a matter of weeks all while recruiting Jerod Evans away from Texas where he was going to go.
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# | Finding the H-Back, The Versatile Centerpiece of Justin Fuente's Memphis Offense I share your confusion with the RB situation. McMillian is easily the best back we've had since David Wilson. Was pretty impressed with how he stormed onto the scene after he was given the starting job, and accomplished a 1000 yd season having not started until game 6. As you said, I understood maybe protecting him during spring, but running with the 2s doesn't seem to back that up. Really puzzled as to what having Rogers as RB1 for most of the spring signifies, if anything at all. We all love #45, but I don't think anyone would think he is truly our starting tailback.
Still, could be worse....
You are not the only one. I think the ACC could have been the first network on Fox Sports.
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# | Elimination of the kickoff on the table by college football rules committee The problem is that player safety is already taking a toll on the youth football game, with a significant dropoff in participation happening in recent years as parents forbid their kids from playing, in fear of potential long-term repercussions from playing the sport at a young age. We're not at or really approaching critical mass yet on seeing this falloff impacting all levels of the game, but it completely makes sense to take a long term view of the game and make the adjustments that need to be made to ensure the game doesn't go the way boxing did.
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# | Finding the H-Back, The Versatile Centerpiece of Justin Fuente's Memphis Offense That is what I figured.
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# | Elimination of the kickoff on the table by college football rules committee Exactly!
I think pain and heartbreak is a good thing for people. Toughens you up. Life is hard and people shouldn't be protected from that. If you can learn how to deal with pain and disappointment you can learn how to live. You give everyone a participation trophy and protect them from physical harm they don't learn how to fight for things, deal with failure, or learn what is dangerous to do and what is not. You're crippling them for their future. In terms of removing a play from football you don't necessarily hamper them directly but it's the principal of the matter. If you continuously protect people and implement all these rules "for their protection" they don't learn those things on their own and we end up with a bunch of brazen idiots roaming around doing stupid shi* because they don't understand what consequences are. When you cater to people and protect them for their whole lives you create a dangerous and cancerous culture. A culture that fails to let people learn from their own mistakes and grow as individuals in light of personal failures.
*steps off soap box.
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# | Finding the H-Back, The Versatile Centerpiece of Justin Fuente's Memphis Offense Malleck would have been perfect at it. Malleck was their best run blocker not named "Teller" last season.
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# | Finding the H-Back, The Versatile Centerpiece of Justin Fuente's Memphis Offense I think Burke will be the traditional Y when Fuente uses one. The guy behind Cross lined up on the LOS in two tight end sets and wasn't used as a mobile blocker when Cross was off the field. Burke is a similar body type (and bigger.) Durkin is the X factor- he is a great athlete and could be tremendous as a run after the catch receiving threat. Cunningham was a very solid route runner out of high school- blocking was his question mark but being a mobile blocker suites him more than being a traditional hand on the ground Y. I like Peoples- his blocking on snap chat last fall was EXCELLENT. I don't know what kind of a receiving threat he will be, and he is a smaller guy. Hopefully he can sustain the blocking over a full season.
I have no idea what is going on with Rogers and McMillian. McMillian's utilization in the spring didn't make much sense. If they were just protecting him, why run him with the 2's and beat up Rogers? I think he may have been in the dog house for some reason, but that is pure conjecture on my part. Hopefully he has a great fall camp and re-establishes himself.
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# | Finding the H-Back, The Versatile Centerpiece of Justin Fuente's Memphis Offense Here's to hoping D-Coordinators don't read The Key Play...
If the data shows that most concussions and severe injuries happen on kickoffs, then we should do away with them. I don't like seeing players having to be carted off the field with neck braces and suffering later in life. They can end the kickoff, but still allow for on-side kicks.
So I guess they've decided to give it the boot?
ATLIEN
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# | Finding the H-Back, The Versatile Centerpiece of Justin Fuente's Memphis Offense Rookie Follow Up Question: Why isn't McMillian getting an consideration for H-Back. He seems to be a good runner, and his hands weren't terrible. Is he too small or not able to block well enough?
Just award everyone a participation badge, sing kumbayah, then go home.
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# | Elimination of the kickoff on the table by college football rules committee Football is a dangerous sport. It always has been. If you start down this road the game is going to eventually morph into a completely different game in light of player safety. If they're really concerned about player safety they would just do away with the sport altogether instead of continually changing it to remove all of the "unsafe" aspects of the game. Before long you're going to have rules preventing things like running and tackling because they could lead to injury and the game is going to look a lot more like ultimate frisbee than traditional football.
This is right in line with the pussification of America. If kids don't want to get hurt, don't play. It's that simple.
Crippling them metaphorically vs. crippling them literally?
I appreciate the opinion, but I think an argument could be made that you can learn all of those relevant life lessons with or without the game of tackle football. People can understand the danger of physical harm/pain without having to break their neck on the field to figure it out.
Its one thing to say trying to implement rules to protect people from the reality of everyday life and everything that could go wrong or possible adversity. It can't be done, for starters, and it shouldn't be done for the reasons you mentioned. I just don't know if I see the connection there with implementing rules for protection in a game, one that could cease to exist and life would keep going on just fine.