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Originally Posted by kevman
The problem is it's not just guys getting paid millions that are having their domes ruined.
These hits happen at all levels of the sport and the majority of kids getting knocked out will never have millions to comfort them through a life of TBI side effects.
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Understandable. But it's a high speed, contact sport. Targeting the head is already a suspendable offence and is working it's way out of the game.
It reminds me of a recent Brad Marsh interview who wasn't campaigning to have helmets and shoulder pads taken back out of the game. However, he noticed injuries with himself and others go up as they were introduced as people's sense of security and liberties with sticks to heads went up. Ultimately the thing that will always keep players safe is awareness. If you never expect to get blown up your going to be vulnerable to even an incidental contact hit from time to time. And we see these almost as much as we see these Trouba like hits. There needs to be a happy medium between how you are allowed to make contact with a player. And at the same time, an emphasis on situational awareness amongst the player hitting and the player being hit.