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American football causes brain damage and the sport needs to be banned. Happy Super Bowl! (hexbear.net)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

removing pads and helmets could do a lot to make the game safer; afaik no other contact sport besides hockey gives players that much "armor."

if making players not hit each other as hard doesn't reduce injury enough you could turn the NFL into a flag league. i don't have viewership numbers but anecdotally the Pro Bowl was still pretty fun to watch this year

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

flag football is way more fun to play than tackle or touch

I don't watch football tho

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Word. Footwork matters in any sport, but with flags you can really dance bc you're protecting something specific on your body.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Flag football might be fun to watch if the flags were strongly connected to the armor, so to tackle someone, you had to get a real good grip and basically hammer throw the runner.