• Follow us on Twitter @buckeyeplanet and @bp_recruiting, like us on Facebook! Enjoy a post or article, recommend it to others! BP is only as strong as its community, and we only promote by word of mouth, so share away!
  • Consider registering! Fewer and higher quality ads, no emails you don't want, access to all the forums, download game torrents, private messages, polls, Sportsbook, etc. Even if you just want to lurk, there are a lot of good reasons to register!

Does anyone think that the Klatt kid has a point?

Jump to latest Follow Reply
Sort by date Sort by votes

WyoBuck

Hall of Fame
Originally, I thought that maybe this guy was just being a puss, but when I thought about it a little more, is there something that the NCAA can do to protect kids a bit more from career ending head trauma? In truth, I don't know. I mean football, by nature is a violent sport, and that is one of the reasons that we love it. Do we just say it is the nature of the beast, or do we try to find a safer way, without ruining what the game truly is? The battle of the modern-day gladiators.

Moderators: I didn't really know what forum to put this under, so, sorry if you have to move it.
 
The equipment used in protecting the players has advanced to the best it can ever be. Basically it give the players the freedom to play without fear
of being seriously hurt - to a degree. The one thing i have noticed is the size of football helmets used in the game today. They seem much bigger now, especially the ones that PennState uses. they really appear huge and maybe its because of the all white color. And of course some players will use the helmets as weapons (such as spearing) rather than for protection. Take away the advanced technology of the equipment and it would be a different game for sure. Would they qualify to be called modern day gladiators then? I dont think so.
 
Upvote 0
kippy1040 said:
The equipment used in protecting the players has advanced to the best it can ever be. Basically it give the players the freedom to play without fear
of being seriously hurt - to a degree. The one thing i have noticed is the size of football helmets used in the game today. They seem much bigger now, especially the ones that PennState uses. they really appear huge and maybe its because of the all white color. And of course some players will use the helmets as weapons (such as spearing) rather than for protection. Take away the advanced technology of the equipment and it would be a different game for sure. Would they qualify to be called modern day gladiators then? I dont think so.
Click to expand...

I get what your saying but the part about the equipment being the best it could ever be is pretty ridiculous. Nothing is the best it could ever be. We may think it is now but it can always be improved. Of course it's much safer than it was fifty years ago but imagine what it will be like in fifty more years...probably a lot different.
 
Upvote 0
scooter1369 said:
The kid that got slobberknockered in the B12 title game?

Football is a collision sport. People get hurt.
Click to expand...

Yeah, but if he hadn't been hurt, Colorado might have doubled their score if he hadn't been concussed against Texas. It was always going to be a close game the first 30 seconds and I for one was very disappointed that Colorado didn't put 6 on the board. :slappy:

If you can't stand the heat...get yourself behind a good offensive line...

By the way, good thread WyoBuck...
 
Upvote 0
The last thing that football (at any level) needs is for some crybaby QB who got crushed to blame anything besides competitve nature for his injury.I can see it now, sweeping reform or some new standard of protection from good old fashioned hitting. Lawyers filing suit for violent tackles or rough take downs! Of course I feel like the players should be protected, and each should have the finest equipment available,but if we are not careful we'll have an NFL-like sissy "protection" rule. Hell if you even look too hard at a QB you get a 15 yarder. Maybe Klatt should do something safer like down hill ski!
 
Upvote 0
Perhaps if the NCAA wasn't so horribly run, the Buffs would be on probation and not eligible for a bowl game. Seems to me that he should just be happy that Colorado is even eligible to go to a bowl game.
 
Upvote 0
AJHawkfan said:
Perhaps if the NCAA wasn't so horribly run, the Buffs would be on probation and not eligible for a bowl game. Seems to me that he should just be happy that Colorado is even eligible to go to a bowl game.
Click to expand...
that's irrelevant. regardless of how bad colorado stinks, the kid has a point.

the ncaa is notorious for leaving it's QBs out to dry, rarely calling helmet to helmet hits, and other things that would draw a flag/fine in the NFL. You don't have to change the game, b/c some of the needed rules already exist.
 
Upvote 0
personally i understand the safety for the players but i had the NFL's sissy penalties such as the horsecollar, no big hits allowed, and helmet ot helmet is taken to the next level. it is watering down the game. i played football you go out there to play and everybody is trying to take your head off. thats the whole idea of the game is to physically manhandle a person to a ground for a tackle in any way possible. if you get hurt you get hurt its part of the game deal with it. how often do you see helme to helmet calls called in a high school game when the QB gets drilled? i dont see too many pussy calls in the high school games with the exception of this year in the washington vs X game in the finals when the tackler simply lifted the player up and tackled him into the ground and they threw a flag for it as "unnecessary roughness". im just hoping it doesnt become a trend to water down the sport more. luckily the college and high school game is still for the most part great to watch and id like to keep it that way.
 
Upvote 0
helmet to helmet is an interesting call, since even in the NFL it happens quite a bit without a call unless it is a monster blow by the defender.

college defenders have more time to hit the QB a step or two after he throws it. That might be a better rule to enforce, as the helmet to helmet one tends to be subjective.
 
Upvote 0
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top