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Play without pads and helmets. That'll ingrain proper tackling technique. They execute it well in Rugby.Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the left.
Clint EastwoodComment
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I've a friend who is a bit younger than me, retired army and played Rugby throughout his stint in the Army as well as after retiring. He's had half a dozen back surgeries (at least half of those are due to his rushing his rehab and re-injuring it). All of his surgeries were post-rugby. The injury that ended his rugby career was a broken-dislocated ankle that resulted in some permanent nerve damage.Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the left.
Clint EastwoodComment
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The only rugby player I ever knew was a girl that was a friend of a friend my freshman year in college that played on the UK intramural squad. She once got kneed in the face and the entire left size of her eyes/forehead was purple. She also routinely seemed to be walking with a limp.
Rugby is a similar yet drastically different sport than football though, and I'm not sure what the effect of removing pads would do.Comment
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IMO pads and helmets lend a false sense of protection and for years have been used moreso as weapons than self protection. I'd tend to think that one would come around to proper tackling fairly quickly absent a helmet and shoulder pads. Incidence of concussion is lower in Rugby. I've enjoyed watching Rugby for years, but still trying to get used to the rules.
Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the left.
Clint EastwoodComment
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Are you sure? UK's rugby club has seems to have two or three kids concussed every game.
Perhaps there is a difference in pro rugby or European rugby.
I will grant you that the collisions in Rugby seem to be lower velocity than college or pro football. I do have a buddy that broke all the bones in his face via a rugby collision involving his face and the crown of someone's skull.
Originally posted by John Stuart MillRIP: Charlie Munger​Originally posted by Robert “Hoot†GibsonComment
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This is the article I read where I sourced my post: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sh...more-dangerous
The helmets and padding make it easier to hit someone with force in football, but the differences in the way rugby vs football are played do as well. The system of downs, and also in rugby the fact that the ball is usually coming from in front of you make you less likely to get blindsided.Comment
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I've had back injuries and successful surgery. My mobility isn't what it once was (partly because I'm a few years shy of 60 now), but I think I would prefer potential physical impairment versus CTEs. It's concerning the number of football players who've had repeated concussions and have later committed suicide.
Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the left.
Clint EastwoodComment
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We have players with poor mobility later in life now, and they're wearing full pads so it may not a drastic difference. I will clarify that I don't know a whole lot about Rugby, but after reading the article above I wonder if the differences in the way the game is played would really make that much of a difference. American football just seems to move a lot faster with much bigger players.Comment
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