Twitter: There may not be kickoffs in the future

[Risen Star]

 

[armadillooutlaw]

Meh, I don't really care.
It's not like anything exciting ever happens for Dallas on kick returns anyway.
We've had like, what, two kick return touchdowns in the last 15 years?

 

[JeffG]

But I like kickoffs ...

 

[Hardline]

Won't be long until it's basically flag football.

 

[jrumann59]

Lets see you have a sport where you have as high as 330lbs men slamming into each other at high speeds and you are worried about kickoffs?????? What about Punts???????

 

[Risen Star]

Safety. Feelings. Safe spaces. If it saves one child. Etc.

 

[speedkilz88]

There may not be many fans in the future.

 

[John813]

So, what about punt returns? Some returners get clobbered by cheap shots.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Been talk of that for years.

Talk is cheap.

 

[Hennessy_King]

This all stems from the wussification of men in the U.S. These are grown men getting paid millions and know the risks of football when they sign up. If I had the physical tools to be lucky enough to be one of 1000 ppl in the world to play I would sign up, to set my family up for life financially, even if I died at 50.

 

[pacy]

Meh, I don't really care.
It's not like anything exciting ever happens for Dallas on kick returns anyway.
We've had like, what, two kick return touchdowns in the last 15 years?

That is the reason why the NFL is not pushing the issue.

 

[Bullflop]

Whoa -- the old fashioned rock-em, sock-em pro football that we once knew it is gradually giving way to safety concerns.

In the grand scheme of things, considering the rare occasions when actually exciting kick returns happen, it's no "biggie."

 

[bigdnlaca]

Of course a president of a team will say that. It will mean less players on the roster and more money in their pocket.

 

[Klingo3034]

Get rid of field goal kicks! Players get hurt running into the poles!

 

[Klingo3034]

Get rid of two pint conversions, not worth getting hurt for such few points!

 

[jrumann59]

Get rid of noon start times no need for injuries that close to lunch time...

 

[TWOK11]

Safety. Feelings. Safe spaces. If it saves one child. Etc.

Concussions have gone up because the NFL is one, paying a lot more attention to it and two, continues to redefine what gets recorded officially as a concussion.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

This i'm not a fan of.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Concussions have gone up because the NFL is one, paying a lot more attention to it and two, continues to redefine what gets recorded officially as a concussion.

This is exactly right. To use another industry to elaborate on this point...

We now have more broken limb and other injuries in automobiles than we used to. In a related note we have less deaths because people are surviving accidents at higher rates due to the advent of the seat belt and generally safer vehicles.

But if you just looked at an increased injury rate you'd think the opposite around vehicle safety improving

 

[jrumann59]

Concussions have gone up because the NFL is one, paying a lot more attention to it and two, continues to redefine what gets recorded officially as a concussion.

so they keep moving the goal posts...