If anyone has any good ways to stay warm with this weather, feel free to share, because I am still trying to de-frost from the whole cold thing going on outside. I thought I would use this week’s blog to talk about something interesting I heard on ESPN radio this morning. Mike Greenberg said, “football as we know it is on the brink” referring to the latest concussion issues and rule changes.
Personally, I understand the need for concussion awareness (after all, I have worn a Riddell for the past 6 years!) but football seems to be suffering because of it. Sure, its interesting to read the news about players (most of the time James Harrison) getting fined for those bone crushing hits to the head that makes us all cringe, but now it seems like all hits are becoming illegal. Time and time again this season we saw clean hits get called for 15 yarders. While player safety is and should be held to the highest standard, it seems like the sentiment among fans is that, eventually, all hitting in football is going to be illegal.
Could this be the opening lacrosse needs? Think about it. Lacrosse is one of the only sports that doesn’t discriminate against small players, like football seems to do. It has enough contact and big hits to keep people engaged but not enough hitting to raise as many concussion concerns for people to not allow their kids to play because of those concerns. It has boy and girl teams, where football doesn’t, and the pace of play is unrivaled on the field by any other sport. While I’m sad to see the change occurring in football, I’m excited for the growth of lacrosse. In the next 5 – 10 years I think the game will be as big in the Midwest and central areas of the US as it is currently in California.
Who knows, by the time some of you get to college, maybe the MLL draft will have better ratings than the NFL draft.
Just something to think about
Hi, just wanted to say, I liked this blog post. It was
inspiring. Keep on posting!