Quote Originally Posted by Lyle View Post
Just because you get fined for helmet to helmet hits doesn't mean they don't happen anymore.

Tell me football isn't dangerous when Troy Aikman has pads and a helmet on and gets concussion after concussion....it's not because Troy is soft either.

Boxing is dangerous but so is football.

I would love to see these hard ass rugby players try and tackle Barry Sanders or Jim Brown

in britain american football is considered lightweight because they wear all those pads unlike rugby when your getting properly hit with no protection.

But often in rugby you get guys that are either the runners and are too short or the defensive liners who are too big.

In the NFL almost everyone other than the QB is built like a monster and designed to hit and hurt an opponent at maximum impact and indeed some of the potential heavyweight superstars of yesteryear have been lost to the sport!!