Doomsday101
06-02-2011, 12:12 PM
Hines Ward isn't taking the NFL's new rules on flagrant hits as personally as other Pittsburgh Steelers, but he said in a recent interview with WCNN-AM in Atlanta that the guidelines clash with the physical nature of the sport.
"I understand where they're coming from, but at the same time, you can't protect football," said the wide receiver, who has taken and doled out his fair share of hits during a decorated 13-year NFL career. "It's a violent sport. If you want to protect it, we need to play flag football.”
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8201f0ad/article/ward-says-taking-violence-out-of-football-an-impossible-task?module=HP_headlines
"I understand where they're coming from, but at the same time, you can't protect football," said the wide receiver, who has taken and doled out his fair share of hits during a decorated 13-year NFL career. "It's a violent sport. If you want to protect it, we need to play flag football.”
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8201f0ad/article/ward-says-taking-violence-out-of-football-an-impossible-task?module=HP_headlines