Comments on: NFL, NFLPA commends youth football efforts to reduce contact http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/26/nfl-nflpa-commends-youth-football-efforts-to-reduce-contact/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Tue, 21 May 2013 20:45:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: tonyd219 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/26/nfl-nflpa-commends-youth-football-efforts-to-reduce-contact/#comment-1853227 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:40:28 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=967387#comment-1853227 prmpft says:
Jun 26, 2012 4:33 PM
yea, and just wait until we have a draft full of kids who grew up not hitting – that’ll be exciting – why not just abolish football altogether? why don’t we all just start having book-clubs and makeup parties instead.

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EXACTLY!!! This is starting to get ridiculous… Im not that old (mid 30′s) but when I was a kid things were different… you went out and played… you got hurt, you saw the trainer, wrapped it in tape and went back out there…

These kids are getting babied too much… it’s ruining not only the game of football but the nation as a whole… each generation is becoming softer and softer…

Contact is part of the sport… Proper technique is the answer… not less contact…

People need to wake the fk up and stop babying the younger generations… I understand that no one wants their kid to get hurt but it’s part of the game –

By limiting contact in practice it’s only hurting these kids MORE – if they practice all week with little to no contact they are not properly preparing themselves for a game and someone is going to get really hurt – especially like someone above pointed out about the bulldozing running back running full speed at an unsuspecting LB or DB…

Whats next? Limited contact games????

Pretty soon we’re going to be watching the NFFL (National Flag-Football League)

My son twisted his ankle pretty bad in a pop warner game (11-12yo) – I was the coach, my wife was in the stands and saw what happened… she came running down from the stands and tried to run onto the field (in her words she wanted to “comfort” him…) I wouldn’t let her onto the field – and I watched as his teammates helped him up and carried him to the bench… I had the doc tape his ankle, had him walk around a little on it and sent him back into the game…

Playing with a little pain and playing through an injury builds character… it made him tougher, it built his confindence, and his teammates looked up to him and played harder because of it…

Now if I had let his mother run out onto the field how do you think that would have made him feel? think about it… how would the other kids have reacted/looked at him?

And before anyone freaks out – it was just a sprain, it wasn’t broken or anything

All I’m saying is we need to stop babying these kids… it’s getting ridiculous…

]]> By: stikolaboloni http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/26/nfl-nflpa-commends-youth-football-efforts-to-reduce-contact/#comment-1852112 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:12:34 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=967387#comment-1852112 Sounds smart. Shield kids from learning how to proper form tackle in game-like situations. That’ll help ‘em to handle themselves in a real game when that bulldozer running back kid busts through the line with a full head of steam headed straight for your kid. Unfortunately it’s not so easy to track injuries to kids who lowered their head because they didn’t know any better

]]> By: prmpft http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/26/nfl-nflpa-commends-youth-football-efforts-to-reduce-contact/#comment-1852060 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:33:47 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=967387#comment-1852060 yea, and just wait until we have a draft full of kids who grew up not hitting – that’ll be exciting – why not just abolish football altogether? why don’t we all just start having book-clubs and makeup parties instead.

]]> By: blackcatnfl http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/26/nfl-nflpa-commends-youth-football-efforts-to-reduce-contact/#comment-1852039 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:24:02 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=967387#comment-1852039 Pop Warner is so corrupt, they don’t even publish their organizational RULE BOOK publicly!!!!! You know the book that says, “Coaches should treat their players well”, real top secret stuff.

Most parents and volunteers wouldn’t even know if their organization is BREAKING the rules, because they don’t even have access to what the rules are!!

]]> By: blackcatnfl http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/26/nfl-nflpa-commends-youth-football-efforts-to-reduce-contact/#comment-1852031 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:19:21 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=967387#comment-1852031 Since little is done to actually enforce rules of Pop Warner organizations, this will virtually guarantee competition between teams hitting all the time and teams following the rules. Pop Warners Super Bowls provide all the incentive needed for teams to justify cheating as much as they can to get national exposure. You want to find the dirtiest programs? Start there.

]]> By: finfan88shark http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/26/nfl-nflpa-commends-youth-football-efforts-to-reduce-contact/#comment-1852023 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:15:10 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=967387#comment-1852023 Next up no contact football

]]> By: blackandbluedivision http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/06/26/nfl-nflpa-commends-youth-football-efforts-to-reduce-contact/#comment-1851937 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:24:42 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=967387#comment-1851937 Why don’t you teach these kids how to make a proper tackle or train the coaches how to handle concussions instead of continuing to make this game softer?

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