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re: Would a neck roll or cowboy collar or bigger pads have prevented both Tua head injuries?
Posted on 9/30/22 at 3:53 pm to Taurus 357
Posted on 9/30/22 at 3:53 pm to Taurus 357
They did not require it until after his death.
Dale Earnhardt refused to wear the HANS helmet several of his colleagues, such as Kyle Petty, Brett Bodine, Matt Kenseth, Dale Jarrett, and Andy Houston, wore it. He claimed that it restricted his freedom of motion and view, making him feel uncomfortable on the track.Feb 20, 2021
Dumb frick.
Dale Earnhardt refused to wear the HANS helmet several of his colleagues, such as Kyle Petty, Brett Bodine, Matt Kenseth, Dale Jarrett, and Andy Houston, wore it. He claimed that it restricted his freedom of motion and view, making him feel uncomfortable on the track.Feb 20, 2021
Dumb frick.
This post was edited on 9/30/22 at 3:55 pm
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Posted on 9/30/22 at 4:00 pm to lewis and herschel
For what is it worth, the one point in the neck that is meant to swivel and twist in most directions is the atlas and axis. If you try to completely stabilize that movement, you are likely transferring the force of a hit to somewhere else that is not meant to move much so an equal or worse injury may result. Sort of like stabilizing ankles probably makes fractured tibias and/or soft tissue knee injuries more likely.
This post was edited on 9/30/22 at 4:01 pm
Posted on 9/30/22 at 4:37 pm to SanAg
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How does that help? Less sideline hits or something?
More field to defend.
Have to hem them in rather than leave feet.
The field is the same size it was 100 years ago, but the players are bigger, stronger, and faster.
Make the field 5-10 yards wider would help.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 5:04 pm to lewis and herschel
He had the choice to use one! He had access to one, ya dumb bastard
Posted on 9/30/22 at 5:07 pm to Sgt Tuffnuts
No. Hes peanut brittle
Posted on 9/30/22 at 5:12 pm to Sgt Tuffnuts
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Just seems primitive to allow tiny little shoulder pads and not mandate players wear something behind their helmet and neck to prevent the back of their heads from hitting the ground. Technology could put a man on the moon 50 years ago but still hasn't figured out how to prevent football players from hitting the back of their heads on the turf really hard.
The only way a person can be safe from injuries on the football field is to not play. The intent of the game is the very reason it's dangerous. You are to put a man on the ground. Its unlike any other sport in that every single play, the objective is to tackle someone. There is a cap on how safe you can make it. Frankly the human wasn't built to withstand this sport.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 5:23 pm to MullenBoys
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He had Tua wrapped up and there was absolutely NO NEED in slamming him down the way he did
this is entirely unfair to say
The defensive player did nothing wrong, he only did what he was supposed to do - how many times have we seen a QB break free of what looked like a sure tackle and create a big play? It happens all the time
It sucks what happened to Tua, but pointing fingers is wrong; you can’t tell a player not to play at 100%
Unless they change the rule and make it so the QB is considered down when he is “in the grasp” or even just touched is what they wind up doing; but none of us would like that and it would give us games with lower scores, which TV execs do not want to see…
Posted on 9/30/22 at 5:24 pm to Taurus 357
He wasnt wearing it dumbass. You are poor.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 6:33 pm to TouchdownTony
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Frankly the human wasn't built to withstand this sport.
This. If football wasn't a traditional American sport, it would probably be banned.
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