I do believe headhunting in the game at any level should be banned along with hitting at the knees but beyond that you can’t legislate safety into a dangerous game. It’s like getting lung cancer from smoking & then claiming they had no idea smoking was bad for you. To claim ignorance after the fact that they didn’t know the dangers is not only incredible i believe it’s a lie. That would’ve been MY decision to make just like the men that were good enough to keep playing was THEIR decision. After high school if i thought i had a chance to keep playing i would’ve sacrificed anything to do it. In my case by the time i made my way back to the sideline all i was worried about is how soon i could get back in the game. We’ve also all taken hits that make you ask yourself if it’s worth it. Most of us have played organized ball on some level. Using good “Heads up” technique of course!!įootball is an inherently dangerous game. Gonna go down in history as the worst ever destruction of a good thing, at the height of its prime!!! And none of this crap would be happening to “this great game of ours” if Goodell and the league front office would’ve done the right thing 5 or 10 years ago!! They should have started back then, setting aside a large amount annually to help NFL alumni who face health issues due to their years in the league!! It’s getting seriously out of hand!! Before too long the NFL might look more like a flag football game played with a Nerf instead of a pigskin!!! As for the players from past eras who didn’t know “all” the risks involved, they should be taken care of in certain ways to a certain extent. NO MORE CHANGES!!!! OMFG, they have these MMA leagues in which guys lay motionless for 3-5 seconds taking blows to the head from the worlds most dangerous fighters!! They have jousting leagues popping up now, real hard core horseback jousting!! Nobody is getting all uppity about the safety of those guys who are making scraps compared to NFLers! Everyone knows the risks now, so they can sign a waiver and live out their dream or they can pursue another livelihood! It’s really that simple. In other words, football isn’t going anywhere, no matter what Barney says. And the NFL will endure as long as young men choose to accept those risks in exchange for a lot of money. Therein lies the dilemma for the NFL, which will try to make the game safer but accept the reality that risks exist. That’s fine, but the only way football can be made truly safe will be to change it in a way that will make it far less enjoyable to watch. I wish all those involved in our great sport a long, healthy and SAFE career.” and I apologize to any of the coaches whom I made uncomfortable at the event. “What I said were things I feel, things that happened to me, but obviously it was not the right time or place. “I don’t want to discourage young men from their love of the game, I just want the game to be safe,” Barney said. In other words, Barney must have privately taken a lot of flak for scaring a bunch of kids. These are the same comments I have made for years before Congress, under oath and at numerous events for retired players and it’s become second nature.” “While I made comments I believe to be truthful it is apparent to me now that the camp was not the forum for those comments. “The other day, at the Sound Mind and Body Camp, I was asked about my thoughts on football and safety,” Barney said. He’s now saying that he shouldn’t have said what he recently said in the place where he said it.īarney issued a statement on Sunday apologizing not for his comments about football being “ deadly” and that the sport will be gone in 20 years, but for choosing to share those thoughts at a youth football camp. Hall of Fame cornerback Lem Barney has been talking a lot lately.
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