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re: NFL bans smelling salts.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 9:39 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Posted on 8/6/25 at 9:39 am to Harry Rex Vonner
and I'm sure some idiots on here are coming with a AI from Google that says, "oh yeah, let them fall asleep. No problem!"
guarantee, if that's your kid, you don't want him being allowed to fall asleep for several hours until a doctor says it's okay
guarantee, if that's your kid, you don't want him being allowed to fall asleep for several hours until a doctor says it's okay
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 10:00 am to ukraine_rebel
Right, because smelling salts actually do reverse the damage of a concussion.
Exactly the same.
Exactly the same.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 10:38 am to HorninHouston
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It's infuriating. We have these douchebags in Texas now trying to ban the Delta products while roughly 1100 people die here every year from drunk driving. I have nothing against alcohol. Enjoy it myself occasionally, but the hypocrisy is rich.
As long as someone that gets busted driving high gets treated the exact same as someone drunk. Some people idiotically think that driving high is not a bad idea
Posted on 8/6/25 at 11:00 am to GreatPumpkin
I agree
Posted on 8/6/25 at 11:02 am to JayAg
Dayum …. I would’ve never made it through HS football if it hadn’t been for salt tablets, smelling salts, and heat balm.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 11:11 am to cadillacattack
The NFL players are going to look like they are struggling with withdrawal during the preseason. How are they going to focus now? They will be nodding off and on their phones by the 4th quarter.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 11:27 am to JayAg
They ban tackling next.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 11:31 am to MtVernon
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They ban tackling next.
This may unironically be from adding facemasks, which allowed players to start using their head to hit.
Went from an extreme of no helmets, which caused fatal skull fractures; to so much “protection” that the linemen are getting micro-concussions every play.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 11:36 am to AUTubaHerd
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This may unironically be from adding facemasks, which allowed players to start using their head to hit.
Defensive backs haven't "tackled" in decades. They collide.
If we strictly went back to a game of tackling there would be no safety issues. Anytime a defender approaches a ball carrier without arms reaching... should be a penalty.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 7:20 pm to UTATX
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could mask signs of a concussion
This is the correct answer.
On their own they’re pretty benign, and the idea is that they snap you back into alertness pretty quick. Don’t know if you ever experienced smelling salts but THEY EFFING HURT, and that’s how they work. Imagine snorting straight horseradish.
The idea is that they could snap you back to alertness in such a way that it could possibly mask concussion symptoms. Which is a colorable argument.
Back when I played in high school a common way to regain your bearings after “getting your bell rung” was a quick whiff of one of these. They hurt so bad you’d fire back up quickly.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 7:25 pm to JayAg
Apparently the teams just can't provide it.
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Obviously the NFL is anti Baker…..
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