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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
Not to discredit the point you're making, but to try an contextualize it better, most of the points you are making relate to players being resistant to changes in equipment rules. I think you've demonstrated well that this is a proven trend. That said, you don't directly make any points where there are changes to game play rules that increase safety that were disliked. The changes to rules about hits to the head, fight instigators ( staging fights), removing helmets before fights, or hybrid icing have all been well received.
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That’s not true at all. You can look up “players complaining about ___” and you’ll find results citing some players and teams’ resistance to every one of them.
I’m also not sure what your point is. The article I cited directly talks about CTE and players needing to take a leadership role in treating concussions more seriously, it has nothing to do with equipment. It doesn’t even have anything to do with a rule change. If players and coaches can’t even voluntarily pull themselves or their teammates after an obvious hit to the head how much more likely do you think it is that they’ll support a rule change for it?