NJ high school proposal significantly limits tackling

Just stop the charades and put a belt with flags dangling on them. Good lord.

Nanny state

All sports have there injuries. Downhill Skiers have worse medical records than football players. Gymnastics careers are over before 20 because the body cant compete anymore and with the falls come concussions. Boxers who have been hit to many times. It is ridiculous that it seems to center only around Football.

Especially a Jersey leachy lawyer thing

She's had multiple concussions, and yet no one gives a crap about protecting cheerleaders.

Why I played HS we hit every damm day but gameday. It was nuts just how barbaric our practices were. I'd come home pull off my shirt and my mother would cry seeing the mass of bruises I would normally have.

Do I like these limits? No. But I wish we had some limits or at least some sane coaches.

In comment 14296036 Chip said:

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All sports have there injuries. Downhill Skiers have worse medical records than football players. Gymnastics careers are over before 20 because the body cant compete anymore and with the falls come concussions. Boxers who have been hit to many times. It is ridiculous that it seems to center only around Football.

Football players have the highest concussion rate of all professional sports, with NHL players next.

would be prudent to go to no tackling in games either.

If you aren't getting hit in practice, are you going to be prepared for it in games?

How will proper tackling technique be taught?

This almost seems like it will end up having the opposite effect as a result.

In comment 14296071 FatMan in Charlotte said:

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would be prudent to go to no tackling in games either. If you aren't getting hit in practice, are you going to be prepared for it in games? How will proper tackling technique be taught? This almost seems like it will end up having the opposite effect as a result.

They can still hit in practice, just can't tackle to the ground for more than the 15 minutes a week.

I think they can work on proper tackling technique in those "thudding" periods, and then employ them in the 15 minutes of allowed tackling to the ground practice.

I misunderstood the part about thudding.

But it might be because it is the first I had heard of it!!

On the quality of play.

N.J. has had some of the top football teams in the country, teams who play some National games. It's going to be interesting to see how they fare playing in those games going forward and if this helps or hurts their play.

Bad form tackling is.

That the Giants are abiding to it as well!

smoking.

Properly and this wouldn't be a problem. Everyone tries to make the big hit instead of just wrapping up a player

Toward the end of my career as a HS football coach (in FL), we placed tremendous emphasis and considerable time on tackling technique, i.e. using the shoulder, seeing what you hit, etc. We could practice that every day during thud drills and even slow-motion technique drills.

which is logical...if you don't practice something, you can't become proficient in it, then the logical outcome would be fewer (defense) players being recruited or becoming NFL players. So, class action restraint of trade suit?

In comment 14296421 Bill L said:

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which is logical...if you don't practice something, you can't become proficient in it, then the logical outcome would be fewer (defense) players being recruited or becoming NFL players. So, class action restraint of trade suit?

Conversely if they're spending most of the time practicing proper technique and then implementing it in the to the ground time periods, they could become safer and even more proficient at it.

Logically that would result in fewer injuries, enabling more players to pursue a career in football, being recruited to college and maybe even making it to the NFL.

In comment 14296272 uconngiant said:

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Properly and this wouldn't be a problem. Everyone tries to make the big hit instead of just wrapping up a player

Not to mention they try to tackle too high...up around the shoulders.

per kid?

Sounds like nonsense that will confuse the hell of the coaches. Just Ban it already.

anything that reduces the likelihood of future brain damage is something that I support.

His famous case of CTE, which ultimately killed him, was obviously not the result of tackling, but of tens of thousands of head whips and head blows while blocking.

While tackling will always be a factor, there are countless other "mini-concussions" that occur to players who are not involved in tackling.

Case in point: can anyone think of a quarterback who is suffering from CTE?

The key is to minimize sudden acceleration events to the head when tackling AND blocking.

Attenuating head acceleration is the reason why auto racers like me are required to wear a head and neck (HANS) restraint. (I'm not saying that's the answer for football.)

That's a tough one. Football has a huge challenge with this.

There are QBs who had some serious concussions, like Steve Young. But those were major, singular serious injuries. And most times they are forced to quit after three concussions.

As far as I can tell, Young still has all of his cognitive faculties as he approaches age 60.

In comment 14296690 Metnut said:

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anything that reduces the likelihood of future brain damage is something that I support.

That's my thinking as well. Plus the younger and earlier in their taking up the sport the better as far as learning proper technique. If this time limit accomplishes both of these things then I'm all for it.

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