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How much does Hines Ward care about all the players whose knees he's taken out?
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he makes good points...but, why are steeler players always *****ing about something?
If the NFL really cared about players they'd get pensions, disability and long term health-care vesting sorted out.
Come on man! If I made a million a year, or even 500K per year, I would sort all that out myself after my first pay check. What, are players helpless to take care of their own futures?
Come on man! If I made a million a year, or even 500K per year, I would sort all that out myself after my first pay check. What, are players helpless to take care of their own futures?
I think the Steelers' players feel entitled to speak out on whatever they please, whenever they please, because of their ownership. The Rooney family is one of the most well-respected groups in the NFL, with the teams' owner being an NFL Ambassador. This is why I think the Steelers' players are always saying something.
None of this helps James Harrison, though.
I don't agree with the NFL's stance on injuries....if they really care as they try to make it look they are, they would outlaw all the hits in the sport!.....period!
Come on man... That's ridiculous!!! Should they outlaw punching in boxing while they're at it??? Just silly argument...
The sport is inherently violent and dangerous. The players already know this when they step in the field and they do it willingly for the money and notoriety.. The league is trying to make a dangerous sport as safe as possible without making it something it a completely different sport...
To try to relate adding more games to directly = don't care about injuries is silly... Heck, why don't they just play 6 games against division opponents, have the playoffs n superbowl n call it a season.. Cuz that would be dumb!! Same reason driving a car and crossing the street are not outlawed... Its a risk we take BUT the powers do make speed limits n crosswalks to make driving n walking as safe as possible...
Its a dangerous sport.. Do what u can to keep the game but make it as safe as possible...
How much does Hines Ward care about all the players whose knees he's taken out?
I don't disagree with anything you say here....however, ther league is full of it claiming that they're for players safety....they're not, as we see it in your reasoning.
"The league has their favorites. One being in Indy and one being with that other team up north. Besides those two, everybody is fair game. Some quarterbacks are getting the calls right away. Some quarterbacks they don't care.
"Like I always said, Carson Palmer(notes) got hit in his knee in 2005 but there was no rule made. Then Tom Brady got hit in his knee and all of a sudden there is a rule and possible suspensions, excessive fines -- it's just getting ridiculous."
And now Suggs chimes in.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/sh...-is-bashing-the-NFL-says-leagu?urn=nfl-291236
How bout that Palmer hit? Pretty much the same as the Brady hit, but no rule until Brady gets taken out.
During the off-season, the NFL Rules Committee modified the rule regarding low hits on quarterbacks, prohibiting defenders from hitting a passer at or below the knee unless they are blocked into him. Injuries to Palmer, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and then-Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Brian Griese (now with the Chicago Bears) were cited as reasons for the new rule. The so-called "Kimo Rule", also known as the "Carson Palmer Rule", [1] now requires that defenders take every opportunity to avoid hitting a quarterback at or below the knees when the quarterback is in a defenseless position looking to throw with both feet on the ground.