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Originally Posted by Jay Random
The only way that's going to happen is by eliminating contact altogether.
If hits on a ‘vulnerable player’ are made illegal, every player will learn to make himself ‘vulnerable’ in any situation where he might be hit. Result: no hitting, ever.
I honestly don't understand why you like any contact sports at all.
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Not remotely true. The NFL still has plenty of contact. You simply can no longer hit unsuspecting players whether it be a DB on a defenseless receiver or a blind side block on a return. Those are only recent changes made because we now know that head trauma is incredibly bad for athletes. There are many totally clean hits in the game of hockey unrelated to this type of hit and we are simply discussing removing the ones like this where the player has his head down and does not see it coming.