NFL goes directly to suspensions

By Barry Wilner AP NFL Pro Football WriterThe my right.
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the defenders went on the offensive in recent days against the plans to suspend players for illegal hits NFLS protest, the league was something needed and long term. Argue all fundamentally about changing the game. Go ahead and cited statistics such as personal fouls and a little less this year - they are misleading because projected through the season that the sanctions to about 50 more than last year can be increased.
But also important to note not only of the murder on Sunday, but the number of concussions, injuries to the head and neck in the reports of injuries to Thursday: 22 registered players at some point this season with a concussion, 19 head injuries, 16 with neck injury.
There is some overlap in the numbers of the players suffered so much, not all head injuries are concussions. However, these figures are important, including some of the most famous actors footballs: Chris Johnson, DeMarcus Ware (notes), Jason Witten (notes), Asante Samuel (Notes), Jay Cutler (Notes), Joseph Addai (notes), Mathias Kiwanuka (notes ).
Yes, he a rash of flagrant fouls last weekend had - James Harrison (Notes) Mohamed Massaquoi (notes), Brandon Meriweather (Notes) Todd Heap (Notes) Dunt Robinson (Notes) DeSean Jackson (notes) - really ratchet discipline. And the problems do go beyond the simple to beat an opponent, as Head of Operations Ray Anderson said the NFL.
It appears that a line can be thought of taking on some powerful players the SportsCenter clips, raising the profile and, if the great days of payment. If the offers are clean, then fine. If you are the variety of head-hunters, strong discipline is justified.
If I can remove someone, I will remove it and take what they give me, the Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder (notes), he said.
They give me a helmet, I will as it.Use Meriweather Crowder fact and will not use a helmet or uniform Sunday for some time.
illegal access to the head of the opponent will not be tolerated, Anderson said in a video sent to all 32 teams this week. A player is responsible for what he does. Illegal techniques need to be removed from our game.Actually, all games at all levels, and therein lies the dilemma: NFL players say they have learned to hit a certain way because they were young, and continue on this path .
What if the way they learned was illegal? Anderson said that earlier this week. Dozens of 43 Polamalu black jersey
players, he said after the league increased the penalty for illegal moves.
to the fundamental way wrap old and the face seems to have disappeared, said Anderson. Most of the increase is to blow up children. a popular way to do it. Yes, we are concerned is that they are by far the Will the basis for the fight, and perhaps were trained to speak this way look at our coach -. coaches.Those all coaches, really, football youth - try to support blatant fouls, including the city or refuse to injure an opponent.
However, it seems that the mentality that exists in the NFL, Crowder is not a loner. And almost everything that runs into the NFL happens to other levels of the game
Harrison apologized Thursday for saying after the victory over the Browns to try to hurt people in the region. Other players who have not done, the kind of claim Harrison Sunday, but stressed all week that the league I was tied up.
I do not think that someone be injured, but at the same time, says our coaches and all coaches in this league, its players, you separate the man from the ball, cornerback Charles Tillman Chicago (Notes), he said. If you have made. All for the league review were looted when the message is: Get looted everything you want, just keep legal.As Commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday in a chat: For decades we have made technical changes and deleted the game, he made the game safer and the reaction was similar - that change the game forever. You can Changes such as elimination of the line (results) observe, cutblocks, crack-back block, and grabs the horse collar, which improves the safety of the game. The game follows flourish.Goodell, Anderson and I hope the players, we recognize that much remains to be done. It could even be the example of hockey.
As the leader of a two-day summit on the Hockey vibrations from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, this week more than 250 doctors instead, experts and officials, hockey opportunities to reduce vibrations, mainly discussed in terms of youth hockey. and the reaction of 6 Super Bowl Champions jersey
the following links - These meetings have attracted the attention infinitesimal compared to the NFL Sunday get action.
This seminar is an excellent idea and something the NFL should continue. No sport will take a closer look at wounds of the head and neck as football. It's a huge responsibility in the NFL. It is this responsibility, this week and should be continued.