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groiny, the people being injured are not the ones being hit, for the most part.

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Oct 18 '10, 13:43

It's the idiots tackling using their head as a spear. That's what happened to the dude in Buffalo, and reading up on the last guy who was paralyzed, it was a lineman who put his head down against an oncoming DB. Your helmet or padding doesn't do shit for that kind of injury.

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- I know the announcers said it wasn't a cheap shot by Robinson, but I thought it was at best ill considered. - David Oct 18, 13:51 5
  - I didn't think it was a cheap shot, I thought the Heap hit was one - amoxy Oct 18, 13:53
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    - When people talk about passes that get wideouts killed, that's the blueprint example. -- nm - David Oct 18, 13:54 2
      - and this is why receivers get alligator arms when they are going for a ball across the middle. - groiny Oct 18, 13:57 1
        
        you can't runflat out and hold your arms out, you can't help loosing balance, altering foot steps -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 13:59
- and, it is hard for me to imagine a hit any harder than that in football. - groiny Oct 18, 13:50 2
  - bullfighting...but not nearly as often -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 18, 13:55
  - Or how often do you see a WR go up for a ball and get undercut? - Will Hunting Oct 18, 13:52
I watch football, I see the hits, I saw the Utley play, and they other dude whose name escapes me.... - groiny Oct 18, 13:47 10
- Darryl Stingley? I saw that one when I was a kid -- nm - crash davis Oct 18, 14:00
- my point is that any injury that paralyzes has the potential to be fatal, right then and there. - Reagen Oct 18, 13:49 7
  - I do nor dispute that in the least. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 13:49 6
    - it seems like you have been. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:50 5
      - I guess my "dying on the field" means something different. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 13:51 4
        
        you're saying you can't envision the hit. If there's a hit that can paralyze someone, it's *that* close to killing them. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:55 3
        
        right, I heard you the first time. and *that* close, is really not that close. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 13:56 2
        
        it really, really is. -- nm - Reagen Oct 18, 13:57 1
        
        and I would prefer being dead to being paralyzed anyway. nm -- nm - groiny Oct 18, 13:59
- read this -- (link) - kilbooooo Oct 18, 13:48

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groiny, the people being injured are not the ones being hit, for the most part.

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