Ivy League Moves to Eliminate Tackling at Football Practices

[UK2K]

Our society continues to collapse on itself. There is no warrior mentality anymore. Just a bunch of ******s running around...

It's going to be quite the shock when they get into a game and someone lights them up.


Ivy League football coaches have decided to take the extraordinary step of eliminating all full-contact hitting from practices during the regular season, the most aggressive measure yet to combat growing concerns about brain trauma and other injuries in the sport.

[Im Still Ballin]

This is a very "dondadda" type move.

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/2a/2a50a6de84db99fb075cacf498ea576791fc3bf5547528dbd4 44ea3dfe48abc7.jpg

[Nick Young]

The football field should be a safe space. There is no place for tackling in 2016.
Because it's 2016!

10-15 years from now, we are going to see the NFL ban tackling and switch to flag, and there will be a mandatory requirement of each team having at least 6 women on the field at all times.


Just watch.

[KyrieTheFuture]

Well if you watch an Ivy league team play you'd think they already banned practice in general

[Riks]

The football field should be a safe space. There is no place for tackling in 2016.
Because it's 2016!

10-15 years from now, we are going to see the NFL ban tackling and switch to flag, and there will be a mandatory requirement of each team having at least 6 women on the field at all times.


Just watch.
Sounds fun.

[HitandRun Reggie]

This is a very "dondadda" type move.

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/2a/2a50a6de84db99fb075cacf498ea576791fc3bf5547528dbd4 44ea3dfe48abc7.jpg

:oldlol:

[tmacattack33]

I love the game, but ruining your brain is only worth it for NFL players who are getting about 2 million per year on average.

It certainly isn't worth it for college athletes who aren't getting paid a dime. Especially Ivy League athletes who likely have good careers ahead of them in other things, and will need their brain in order to achieve that success.

[Jameerthefear]

I love the game, but ruining your brain is only worth it for NFL players who are getting about 2 million per year on average.

It certainly isn't worth it for college athletes who aren't getting paid a dime. Especially Ivy League athletes who likely have good careers ahead of them in other things, and will need their brain in order to achieve that success.
this. plus a LOT of teams limit contact practices during the season.

[UK2K]

Well if you watch an Ivy league team play you'd think they already banned practice in general
One of the coaches was saying his team missed like 11 tackles per game last season, and this is going to make it worse.

Soon the NFL is just going to be 7-on-7 like during summer league.

[UK2K]

I love the game, but ruining your brain is only worth it for NFL players who are getting about 2 million per year on average.

It certainly isn't worth it for college athletes who aren't getting paid a dime. Especially Ivy League athletes who likely have good careers ahead of them in other things, and will need their brain in order to achieve that success.
Crazy that those guys all willingly go out for the team.

Especially since Ivy League schools don't give athletic scholarships for football.

They aren't even getting anything out of it, they just want to play the game. They know the risks and want to play anyway but yet you want to tell them they can't tackle each other?

[Jameerthefear]

even from the article you posted:

The N.F.L. now allows 14 full-contact practices during the 18-week regular season, though some teams never reach that limit.


this isn't something new, and since it's enforced on every team it's fair enough

[Jameerthefear]

Mr. Teevens said that contrary to some fears, his players have become better tacklers. Players still tackle from 500 to 800 times a year, but instead of launching themselves at other players in practice, they focus on how they tackle to avoid head collisions. The number of missed tackles in games has fallen by more than half, he said.
did u read the article u posted?

[highwhey]

did u read the article u posted?
:roll:

OP caught slippin

[TheSilentKiller]

did u read the article u posted?
:oldlol: :oldlol:

[longtime lurker]

did u read the article u posted?

Bodied :roll:

[UK2K]

did u read the article u posted?
Wasn't the same guy then.

I heard it on the radio while I was taking a dump at work.



The decision prompted Nancy Armour of USA Today to write Tuesday that this could "maybe even save the game."

However, it does decrease the amount of time players experience the actual speed of play and get to hone their skills in game-like situations, something that could stunt a player's development. It didn't make much sense to radio talk show host John Ziegler:

John Ziegler ‎@Zigmanfreud
Ivy League banning tackling in practice to promote safety makes as much sense as the military banning use of guns except in combat



:(

I still find it odd they need to tell the players what's safe FOR them when they willingly want to play football.

[Bandito]

People just read headlines not the articles anymore

[Overdrive]

Wasn't the same guy then.

I heard it on the radio while I was taking a dump at work.



:(

I still find it odd they need to tell the players what's safe FOR them when they willingly want to play football.

They use football as an access to Ivy League not the other way round. They need their brains in the future and that's a good move. I'd rather have a lawer who wasn't tackled for 4 years every day.

The guys who earn millions in the NFL need a college to make it to the NFL so of course the classic football programs won't disallow tackling in practice and neither will the NFL.

[BlackWhiteGreen]

:(

I still find it odd they need to tell the players what's safe FOR them when they willingly want to play football.

Yeah, screw those doctors, I know meth won't do anything bad to me!