What do you think the reaction will be...? (1 Viewer)

[Monsieur Meursault]

Complete and total speculation here...

But odds are that someone will eventually be hit so hard that it will cause that person to die... seizure, burst blood vessel, head/neck injury, etc. I can only think of this happening in boxing. Not sure about other sports other than javelin.

But what do you think the general reaction will be from society? Accidents happen? #### happens? Shut it down?

 

[butcher boy]

There will be a jersey retirement ceremony the following home game and life will move on.

 

[Grimace59]

Hasn't there been a basket ball player or two die in the past? It happens all the time in racing and nothing has changed other then trying to make the sport safer, exactly what the NFL is trying to currently do.

 

[Kevrunner]

Howard Glenn was an American football player for the AFL. He joined the AFL’s New York Titans in 1960 are a starting offensive guard. Glenn stands as the only player to die from injuries that were sustained during a normal season football game. While Glenn’s future as an offensive guard looked promising, he suffered a broken neck on October 9 in a game against the Houston Oilers in the first half. A few hours later, he died because of his injuries to his spinal cord. His #66 jersey was retired.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Obviously Chuck Hughes had nothing to do with contact (heart attack after a play, no one near him), but it won't be the first NFL player to die on the field.

I suspect we'll pause, pay respects, have a moment of silence, pass out some shoulder patches, and the drum beat will roll on.

Was the reaction to Darryl Stingley? Damn...that's a shame...so what do you think about our changes in the home opener?

 

[Warrior]

Depends on who it is and how it happens.

I can guarantee there will be huge ramifications if it's a big name. If Tony Romo loses his helmet a second before Ray Lewis plows into him helmet-to-skull and it kills him, there will be some major outrage and big changes.

 

[LittlePhatty]

I can only think of this happening in boxing. Not sure about other sports other than javelin.But what do you think the general reaction will be from society? Accidents happen? #### happens? Shut it down?

If society's past dictates its future, then football will become more popular. See auto racing.

 

[Captain Quinoa]

Depends.. is it a Steeler or someone less detestable?

 

[Godsbrother]

There will be tons of overreaction about how the game is too dangerous just like there has been over concussions.

 

[oso diablo]

hard to think of a bigger deal than #3 dying on the track at the Daytona 500.

 

[Cenobite]

Hasn't there been a basket ball player or two die in the past? It happens all the time in racing and nothing has changed other then trying to make the sport safer, exactly what the NFL is trying to currently do.

Hank Gathers died on the basketball court. Very sad. It can happen in baseball as well. Hell, it can happen in virtually any sport. The reaction? Tears, sadness, tributes, retired jersey, etc.

 

[Rylenol]

I've been looking for an excuse to post a link to this article. Absolutely one of the top 5 articles written this year about this sport we love.

"The first football games weren't just battle re-enactments but actual battles, with actual stretcher bearers and actual mortalities. People forget during this current safety crisis that football players once died. In bunches. Eighteen of them in 1905. Another 11 in 1906, 11 more in 1907 and 13 in 1908. The number shot up to 26 in 1909, dropped to 14 the following year, then stayed in double digits each year until the eve of America's entry into World War I. ("The Gridiron Crisis of 1905: Was It Really A Crisis?" John S. Watterson, Journal of Sport History.) This means that from 1905 to 1916 the number of football deaths was greater than the number of U.S. casualties in Iraq during the past three years. No wonder politicians, academics, editorialists, preachers, President Teddy Roosevelt, everyone cried out for football to be abolished. "

Read the full article here. One of the best I've read in a while.

 

[Plorfu]

Who's his backup?

 

[Bad_Mo]

I thought there were alot of guys who died on the field yesterday...SJax, CJ2K, etc.

 

[treat88]

The reaction will depend on the money that the involved parties think they can gain or lose and the likelihood of doing so.

 

[coachbobbyfinstock]

I thought there were alot of guys who died on the field yesterday...SJax, CJ2K, etc.

Booyah.

 

[scrumptrulescent]

There would be outrage. The commish would have to make more changes. Football begins its decline.

If we're talking about a NFL player dying on the field because of a shot they take, then the basketball comparisons do not apply. Gathers didn't die because of basketball.

 

[scrumptrulescent]

The reaction will depend on the money that the involved parties think they can gain or lose and the likelihood of doing so.

The NFL would stand to lose a lot of money so they would react.

 

[Arizona Ron]

Reason #17 to draft the handcuff.

 

[Hoss Style]

I've been looking for an excuse to post a link to this article. Absolutely one of the top 5 articles written this year about this sport we love.

"The first football games weren't just battle re-enactments but actual battles, with actual stretcher bearers and actual mortalities. People forget during this current safety crisis that football players once died. In bunches. Eighteen of them in 1905. Another 11 in 1906, 11 more in 1907 and 13 in 1908. The number shot up to 26 in 1909, dropped to 14 the following year, then stayed in double digits each year until the eve of America's entry into World War I. ("The Gridiron Crisis of 1905: Was It Really A Crisis?" John S. Watterson, Journal of Sport History.) This means that from 1905 to 1916 the number of football deaths was greater than the number of U.S. casualties in Iraq during the past three years. No wonder politicians, academics, editorialists, preachers, President Teddy Roosevelt, everyone cried out for football to be abolished. "

Read the full article here. One of the best I've read in a while.

Holy ####! I love football history. Nice link. I knew there were a few deaths in the early days but not nearly to this extent!And as someone already said - there have been a few deaths on the court in basketball at the NBA and NCAA level.

 

[Don Quixote]

I've been looking for an excuse to post a link to this article. Absolutely one of the top 5 articles written this year about this sport we love.

"The first football games weren't just battle re-enactments but actual battles, with actual stretcher bearers and actual mortalities. People forget during this current safety crisis that football players once died. In bunches. Eighteen of them in 1905. Another 11 in 1906, 11 more in 1907 and 13 in 1908. The number shot up to 26 in 1909, dropped to 14 the following year, then stayed in double digits each year until the eve of America's entry into World War I. ("The Gridiron Crisis of 1905: Was It Really A Crisis?" John S. Watterson, Journal of Sport History.) This means that from 1905 to 1916 the number of football deaths was greater than the number of U.S. casualties in Iraq during the past three years. No wonder politicians, academics, editorialists, preachers, President Teddy Roosevelt, everyone cried out for football to be abolished. "

Read the full article here. One of the best I've read in a while.

Along these lines, a good book on the early history of football (the injuries/deaths and the attempts to abolish the sport) is The Big Scrum: How Teddy Roosevelt Saved Football.

 

[Soulfly3]

Reaction ?

The NFL rubs it's hands together a la Mr Burns and profits off of it, left, right and center.

I mean, it grieves and takes immediate and proper action.

 

[scrumptrulescent]

Reaction ?

The NFL rubs it's hands together a la Mr Burns and profits off of it, left, right and center.

I mean, it grieves and takes immediate and proper action.

You need to explain. Grieving is going to make everyone happy? What is the immediate and proper action that would make the NFL richer?

 

[Rylenol]

Reaction ?

The NFL rubs it's hands together a la Mr Burns and profits off of it, left, right and center.

I mean, it grieves and takes immediate and proper action.

You need to explain. Grieving is going to make everyone happy? What is the immediate and proper action that would make the NFL richer?

What he's getting at is the league will continue to profit off this "violent game". I don't believe for a second that the league is a sinister as people make them out to be. Tackling is intrinsic to the game and they're trying to keep things as safe without ruining something so fundamental to the way it's played. And the proper action, IMO, is to continue what they're doing currently in the way of educating and promoting awareness about brain related trauma stemming from these head injuries.

 

[Soulfly3]

Reaction ?

The NFL rubs it's hands together a la Mr Burns and profits off of it, left, right and center.

I mean, it grieves and takes immediate and proper action.

You need to explain. Grieving is going to make everyone happy? What is the immediate and proper action that would make the NFL richer?

Grieving?No no my friend. This death is a call for action. A call for solidarity. A call for AMURICA.

It'll be spun to project the fragility of life. And how a responsible NFL will take immediate action to correct its 'faults'

 

[scrumptrulescent]

Reaction ?

The NFL rubs it's hands together a la Mr Burns and profits off of it, left, right and center.

I mean, it grieves and takes immediate and proper action.

You need to explain. Grieving is going to make everyone happy? What is the immediate and proper action that would make the NFL richer?

Grieving?No no my friend. This death is a call for action. A call for solidarity. A call for AMURICA.

It'll be spun to project the fragility of life. And how a responsible NFL will take immediate action to correct its 'faults'

So what immediate action to correct it's faults is the NFL going to unleash?

 

[FarEastKilla]

Here in the shark pool, some of his fantasy owners are still going to argue he is a great football player to own.

 

[bagger]

Complete and total speculation here...But odds are that someone will eventually be hit so hard that it will cause that person to die... seizure, burst blood vessel, head/neck injury, etc. I can only think of this happening in boxing. Not sure about other sports other than javelin.But what do you think the general reaction will be from society? Accidents happen? #### happens? Shut it down?

philly fans will cheer?

 

[Captain Quinoa]

whomever it is will still be better than CJ.1K

 

[Soulfly3]

Reaction ?

The NFL rubs it's hands together a la Mr Burns and profits off of it, left, right and center.

I mean, it grieves and takes immediate and proper action.

You need to explain. Grieving is going to make everyone happy? What is the immediate and proper action that would make the NFL richer?

Grieving?No no my friend. This death is a call for action. A call for solidarity. A call for AMURICA.

It'll be spun to project the fragility of life. And how a responsible NFL will take immediate action to correct its 'faults'

So what immediate action to correct it's faults is the NFL going to unleash?

Amalgamating with the CFL.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Here in the shark pool, some of his fantasy owners are still going to argue he is a great football player to own.

"still startable in all leagues"

 

[Dought Man]

If it is someone on the Browns or Jags, it likely won't even make national news. If it happens to a Cowboy or a Patriot, there will be feigned outrage on the Today show...

 

[Monsieur Meursault]

Okay... let's say Brandon Tate makes an illegal hit on a defenseless Tim Tebow. The hit tears a blood vessel in Tebow's head/neck, and he dies almost instantly on the field. Would be quite an outrage, no?

And let's assume we are talking about deaths directly related to the physicality of the sport. Dale Earnhardt was a good example, although I think that driving a car at 200mph makes that a more plausible possibility than playing football. Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini killing that dude in the ring is what came to my mind. But the guy was some unknown Asian, IIRC, and nobody really cared too much.

 

[prgromek]

bump Finley

 

[SameSongNDance]

A WW topic including said players back-up will spawn almost simultaneously.