Major Headache

I'm sure Roger Goodell is a nice enough guy. He seems like a good guy to grab a beer with and talk about football. However, I find it harder and harder to really enjoy professional football. This is in part to the work of the nice guy himself, Roger Goodell. The rules that he has instituted over the last couple of years regarding illegal hits are ruining the game. When you sign up to play professional football, I understand there is a concern for your safety. I acknowledge that something had to be done to lower the concussion rate due to what has been happening to all of these NFL retirees suffering from the long lasting effects of concussions. I respect that and don't want to sound like I don't care about those players or the current players. 

However, if you are that worried about your health and safety, you should probably find a different career. There is a good chance that you are going to get hurt or sustain a concussion while playing in the NFL. If that is a major concern for you as a player, you need to find something else to do. There is only so much that can be done to protect players. They have the most up to date equipment to keep them safe. There is nothing that we can do to prevent a freak hit that winds up really hurting someone. It's going to happen whether we institute these bogus rules or not. A defender can't come within 5 feet of a quarterback anymore without being whistled for unnecessary roughness. It is getting to be ridiculous. Quarterbacks assume the same risk as every other player on the field. They should not get special treatment. All of these recent rules, fines, and suspensions need to be done away with because they are hurting the product of the game.

D.B

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