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Originally Posted by FlamesFanTrev
With all due respect who asked you to protect them? Did they? I mean, it is technically anyone's right to get on the back of a bull at, say, the stampede, for money. Should switch to mechanical bulls? Should we raise less powerful bulls? Turn the field into giant inflatable mats? Dress the bulls in padded armor to prevent injury? Or is it better to simply realize that there are some people that are wired to take risks, love doing that, and that this is their game, we are mearly spectators that pay for the privilege to watch them play at it?
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Nobody asked me to protect them but as a society, collectively, we put things in place to protect ourselves from ourselves.
In the case of pro sports there are long-term considerations as well. The pro leagues art the models for future generations.
If you believe the above, then why not simply allow players to play the sport without helmets?