You do realize that you don’t play pro football right? You sound like someone wo plays call of duty and then goes around preaching about the toughness of soliders. NFL players are tough, but no one thinks that because you said so.

Warner understands that the game is violent. He suffered multiple concussions throughout his career and played through them! He understands the risks that this poses for his kids, if they want to follow the same career path that he did. With all that, he did not say that he would prohibit them from playing, he said he would “…prefer for his sons not to play…”.

Lastly, this whole thing began only because he stated his opinion, and he did that, as well as responding to all of the criticisms from others, in an extremely classy way.

pixelito says:
May 7, 2012 10:16 AM
Kurt Warner is alot more intelligent than most former players.
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Not to mention a lot more intelligent than many of the faux macho men posters on this thread.
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Oh god here we go with the metrosexuals coming out of the wood works…

Kurt is entitled to his tinker bell thoughts. As are Toomer and Hodge.

Stop being so soft

When your are in one, put the shovel down and stop digging…

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The rule of holes does apply, but it goes more like this:

When you express an opinion and A-hole’s disagree, just ignore them.

That’s like saying:

I love swimming, but not the water.

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It’s more like saying:

“I love swimming, but I hate chlorine.”

I don’t have any problems with what Warner is saying. He’s expressing a valid opinion intelligently.

If that technology’s too far out, in the meantime, we could extend the season to 162 games and play it on Madden! Just need more realistic graphics!

You conflate systemic risks and accidental risks and think that by doing so you’ve made a point.

Metta World Peace knocks a guys head off… no matter if it was accidental or intentional, it’s not part of the normal course of a basketball game.

Derrick Rose tears his ACL… from a jump stop. A jump stop. Freak. Accident. First, we’re not talking about ACL tears. That is the sort of injury that can happen in any sporting activity (see: Mariano Rivera), and requires nothing more than the athlete moving the wrong way.

Pitcher hitting a batter in the neck… See the MWP point, above. Is it an accident or intentional that the batter was hit? The point is: it doesn’t matter, because neither indicate a systemic risk to playing the game of baseball. The purpose of the pitcher is not to try to hit the batter, but to get the pitch past the batter through the strike zone.

Yes, there is risk (of the freak accident or physical assualt/retribution variety) in every sport. But don’t equate that to the systemic risk of the way football is played. Football requires full speed collisions, and in some cases helmet to helmet contact is allowed. Comparing that to Rose blowing out his ACL is laughable.

Yes, a parent should be informed; but a parent should also be able to use common sense, reason, and logic, too.

Who’s to say the problems that seem to be going on with a few players is even related to past football injurys.

Check the stove, msjakeman2; your irony is at a slow boil.

But I also think that “violence” in the sense that Warner and everyone else is using it should be clearly defined. There is violence on every single play, but much of it is away from the ball (and off camera) so the media isn’t concerned with it. Who cares if a pulling guard drills an unsuspecting LB on a counter? Is Warner just advocating for better protection of skill position players, or is he saying there should be less violence in the the tackle box? If it’s the former I can abide, but I’d get pretty bored watching the latter. No one wants to watch fat boys pillow fighting.

He capitalized where most don’t and still have to assume the risks.

Actually you don’t drown every yime you swim…you do touch the water though…I would say it’s like deep sea diving without the threat of bends. If you take the necessary steps to protect yourself the threat or it’s effects are greatly reduced.