We will question the safety of the NFL?

From the beginning, we had thought.While others questioned the NFL’s commitment to safety, calling the punishments excessive, Roger Goodell justified suspensions as part of league’s commitment to root out unnecessary violence and protect its players: “It is the obligation of everyone, including the players on the field, to ensure that rules designed to promote player safety, fair play, and the integrity of the game are adhered to and effectively and consistently enforced. Respect for the men that play the game starts with the way players conduct themselves with each other on the field.” Linking the punishment to its effort to promote “safety, fair play and integrity,” Goodell seems to have concluded that encouraging on-the-field violence with financial incentives is counter to not just the NFL but the morals and values of society.

While drawing a wide range of opinions as to whether the “punishment fit the crime,” there seems to be agreement about the evils of a bounty system. According to Bill Plaschke, “The integrity of this country’s most popular sports league has been battered, and its commitment to safety bloodied, with the NFL’s report…that the New Orleans Saints spent three years operating a management-approved bounty pool that paid big money for inflicting injury.”

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The National Football League head injury of the debate

Throughout the past few years, there have been more and more cases of former NFL players (usually on the defensive side of the ball) who have taken their lives due to depression or other things like that. This has often been linked to head trauma. Many former NFL players have been diagnosed with early-onset dementia, and many more have complained of forgetting things, and/or migraines. These injuries are clearly linked to concussions. Decades ago (even one decade ago), concussion tests were iffy. Players who likely had concussions were asked the day of the week, and then put back into the game. Therefore, hundreds of players suffered many serious concussions. A concussion is when the brain violently rams into the inner part of the skull on impact, and a serious one (or many minor ones) can create serious brain damage. Players in the past and present are also subject to losing their jobs if they need to miss even one week (that obviously depends on the caliber of the player), so if they thought they could play with the head injury, they would, and they would often get their brains more seriously injured. Anyway, with the recent deaths, the NFL’s treatment of concussions has gotten better. Concussions are treated more seriously. However, there are still a lot of serious injuries in the NFL, and to limit those Commissioner Roger Goodell will need to ENFORCE stricter rules on hitting. If he does, the exciting part of the NFL for a lot of fans will be diminished. So while many people think it should be a no-brainer to limit injuries, it isn’t quite that simple. Now for both sides.