I found an article that was pretty startling to me. Here's the link to it. I was thrown back after reading this article. Most of what I've found so far and posted didn't really so much about what the NFL is doing to help the problem except for the usual stuff like raising fines, suspending players, or implementing new rules. But this article showed some action that I wasn't aware of. The league put together a film that showed how players should tack players. The video consisted of some popular players like Ray Lewis from the Baltimore Ravens tackling players the right way, without leading with their head. The video also showed a compilation of nine players tackling the wrong way. It showed the players leading with their head or shoulder on a defenseless receiver. But what I was disappointed with most was the remark I read after I was impressed with this video message. Peter King, who wrote the article, said, "It's probably inaccurate to say all the players heard the entire conversation. Many of them were too busy catcalling the video - and the message." I couldn't believe this. Players are suffering off the field from concussions and such and these players don't seem to care. Don't they worry about their future after their done with football? Don't they want to stay in-tune with the world and everything that's going on around them? Don't they want to live to be healthy?
After this reading this reaction I was stunned. I mean I know that the game is hard and demands people to be much stronger and much more athletic in today's game than just ten years ago because of how much the game has changed. But do players safety and health become a cost because of this? Players safety and health should be the main thing they should be worrying about. I know players want to win but their time playing football only spans for around twenty years of their lives. They need to be thinking about their lives after football is no longer a part of their lives.
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