camelboy wrote:
The Duke wrote:
Yesterday in the NFL, the Vikings Receiver was removed from the field via the concussion protocol even though he had no obvious symptoms. The NFL deemed him at risk after watching the video of a collision and put him through a concussion test. There are also new rules protecting QBs from heavy hits - yet Mo gets pissed because Mick is concerned about player safety.
God help us if another girl dies because we're worried about being 'sexist'. I know who will be first with their hand out if Mo gets a brain injury.
So if a male dies, or less seriously, with all the knee injuries suffered each year, as an example, why isn't the reaction to change the game the same? Why aren't we saying, "Oh someone think of the poor men, they're not physically equipped to play the game, let us save them."
All women are asking (generally speaking) is to be treated equally and to have the right to choose. At what point do men realise that women don't always want or need protective men trying to look after them?
How would you react if women kept telling men what they could and couldn't do and that they know about men's health and welfare better than men do?
I get one side of what you guys are saying, and that it's probably coming from a place of good intent, but take a look at the bigger picture and all you have is a bunch of men telling women what's right for them and taking away their freedom to make a decision.
Rinse and repeat.
AFL rules have changed often after viewing injury data. Everything from the centre bounce, the interchange caps, the sling tackle, the head high tackle, the sliding rule etc etc. The Concussion Protocol is from the NFL which is being upgraded yearly.
So, we are looking at stats for the men and making changes - and scientifically at least, women are different from men, so it only stands to reason in a high speed, high impact game that is now showing data to confirm there are 10X more serious knee injuries in the womens game that the rules be changed to better suit the physique on the athletes playing.