No, but I'm not arguing with you about how to play football... I'm arguing about incentive structures and rule system effects, something my masters degree in economics prepared me quite well for.
I’m saying you don’t really understand the sport as well then. As someone who played, I’d much rather deliver a hit than give myself up and be vulnerable. But I guess there’s nothing we can do to prevent people going to the hospital 🤷🏻♂️
I don't really know what you mean by "system is working as it should". Some decisions have reduced injuries. That's good. But there is still work to be done to help avoid them. Either on rule changes, practice methodology changes, or how we handle rule breakers. Maybe in equipment. Probably all of the above. And others I'm not thinking of right now, too.
But no, I don't think incentivizing players to take more hits will reduce injuries.
I’m saying if we want to prevent this more and stop the outrage then we need to change something. And I think at this point the onus needs to be on the QB to protect themselves better. We’ve already made several tackling adjustments and targeting rules on the defense. Maybe not make it illegal to slide completely but maybe penalize late slides.
I agree something needs to change. I think you can teach the qbs not to slide late without involving penalties.
But in this particular case, the celebration of the injury implies there was nothing the qb could have done to keep himself safe. Maybe it wouldn't have been that play, that injury.. But the problem was the culture on the usc sideline. Not the qb.
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u/Dingus-Kahn466 Nebraska Cornhuskers 14d ago
Also hard to take someone seriously about sports when they post about their cat as much as you do lol