Is "Touch Football" in the NFL future?

Will our world really become of the mindset of VR?

I jest, sorta, but Ray Bradbury and company wrote science fiction, however now you might find it listed in the non-fiction section, as much of it has been realized.

Will we become a human race that lives through another media, opting out of real interactions for the safety of what seclusion offers?

A real Howard Hughes complex?

Hasn't life always come at accepting death?

I don't want to venture down that thought too deeply, forcing it unto another forum....
I would rather keep it lighter, and just focus on the surface of what our lives would be like without risk.

Can you imaging no football?

The impact of its absence would be staggering.........

I won't miss football , but I would miss being moderated. It's fun knowing someone can't stand my opinions and has the authority to cancel someone's right to free speech.
Ray I recall you whining about being moderated awhile back.

verslagen1 wrote on 09/29/17 at 14:07:47:



There are no spear tackles in either code of rugby. The generally accepted technique is to hit the opponent in the waist with your shoulder. If you get an opponent off the ground you have an obligation to make sure his feet don't get higher than his head, so you can't spear him into the ground.

Probably the most dangerous play for the neck is to be caught in a collapsed scrum. That's over 900 kgs of body weight on either side, pushing against each other, while your shoulders are locked against your proponent's, or between the hips of your team mates.

In Australian rules football, which is a very fast game, and includes tackling, the general guideline for a fair tackle is - your body has to be on the line as much as you're opponent's. That means elbows down, eyes on the ball and tackling from the front or side. It is illegal to tackle from behind if you just drive the guy forward into the ground. If you tackle from behind you have to either pull the opponent back onto yourself as you fall backward, or roll the two of you over on the way to the ground

AFL has new rules now about concussion too. Players must be pulled from the game if it is suspected they suffered a concussion. Of course, the diagnosis can be somewhat subjective.