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Yah, Homelessness caused by mental health legislation signed into CA law by Ronnie Reagan himself... And as for all that rapin' and murderin', -the alleged the Golden State Killer... 12 murders 51 rapes, and over 100 burglaries... -Doesn't look like an illegal to me.

Where? -On Twitter?

Much harder being a Trump supporter, I think.... He's a three year old boy trapped in the body of a bloated, petty, corrupt, bigoted, Putin-loving, liar...

She may adjust her stance in the coming days... Or her allowance might get adjusted.

I hear the yokels aren't too fond of Californians... Seems they've been inundated by sunseekers now seeking financial relief. You may need to declare your politics early and often.

Northern Idaho? -Kind of a mixed-bag of Mormons, white separatiststs/supremacists, and alt-right douchebags. -I suppose you'll enjoy it. -At least for a while.

I don't know why people are so surprised... Most had Jackson down as a project the instant he declared for the draft... A least now we know he's a long-term project for BAL... Hopefully he can make himself useful in the meantime.

Not too late to switch to receiver Lamar!

I'd put all new NFL stadium-building on hold until the league figures out it's rules. Why build an 80,000 seat facility for something no one will watch.

I'm probably gonna drop my subscription to NFL network.... It was the only reason I paid for premium cable in the first place. If the games are bad, and the officiating is stupid, -I'm out.

That's why you hung a clip of two mountain sheep using their primary attack/defense weapon in a mating contest -Something which has nowt to do with the present discussion. Did someone say they were? To protect themselves. Which is what I said. What's unclear is how the league will interpret this natural instinct. -Looking forward to some strange applications of this kooky rule.

These horny mountain-goats evolved to be led by their c**ks…. They just use their heads to sort out disagreements.

Tommy's out!!! -Looks like absolute sh_t though.... Shadow of his former self. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/tommy-robinson-compares-spell-prison-guantanamo-bay-065647556.html?guccounter=1 http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/08/01/right-wing-activist-tommy-robinson-freed-on-bail-after-appeal-win.html

What if he drops his helmet down? -You will instinctively do the same to keep yourself from getting speared, I guarantee it. The helmet to helmet rules they had in place were more than adequate, and easier to interpret. -This is shaping up to be a nightmare.

Lost count of how many players lowered their helmet in the HOF game... Gonna be interesting to see how they enforce this rule. -And by interesting I mean sickening.

A dog-pile of fancy words in vain. -People can choose not to play pro football. Full stop. We're actually debating whether or not that's even possible. Like many posters here, I'm skeptical. It's possible to maintain the basic characteristics of the sport, and still suck all the joy out of it... That's what we're against. There are... I'm sure there's a safer approach to bomb-disposal as well... -Doesn't make the job any less risky. Risk, by the way, is an integral part of football... it's much of what makes the game so entertaining and mesmerizing... The Padded playground is the cruelest invention since the chastity belt. -No kid I care about will ever play in one. Hard playgrounds give kids a chance to learn their limitations, strengths, weaknesses, and reap instant consequences from poor decisions. Most importantly, hard playgrounds teach kids that all risks are not equal... -A vital lesson for new human beings. JMO.

Is there a push for heads-up cross-checking? Maybe there is and I haven't heard about it.

You're using a diagram you saw on hairfinder.com.. "Crown" isn't a specific medical term. It can refer to the region made up of the 4 bones that form the skullcap or calvaria. 2 Parietal, 1 frontal, 1 Ocipital… Also, everyone here knows what spearing is, and no one thinks it's cool. This isn't just about poor tackling, and dirty hits from LB's... Runners, and receivers (outside the tackle box) may inadvertently lower their heads in traffic to push through. That's a 15-yard flag if we're going by the definition of this rule... I don't see how it can be enforced without wiping out lots of good yardage. No more fighting for that extra yard to win the game... That could cost you 15 yards now.

I've watched that video a thousand times, and It still seems like Shazier is aware of Vince Williams closing on his left... I think he also expects Malone to keep running, which he doesn't... At the last second he lowers his head to deliver a shoulder hit, and it all goes wrong... I don't think he was spearing at all... Just a bad angle. I'll concede improper form on his part, but he's not alone... Lots of players do it and don't lose their legs... Like I said, I'm all for safer techniques. -But there's no way to catastrophe-proof this game. -The only way to do that, would be to stop playing it. I'm using the entire dome, skullcap, or calvaria of the skull as a reference here... The hardest part of which would be the frontal bone, roughly two finger-walks up from the center of your forehead. For hairdressing purposes, the "crown of the head" might have different implications...

Officials have zero clue how they're going to enforce this rule... It's the perfect segway to the kind of ticky-tack B.S. calls that ruin good games... Misquoting because you're too lazy, or ignorant to read a thread. -Now that's stupid. Really? Because you basically agreed with everything I said It's exactly what they're designed to do! -Absorb impact, and protect the nerves. Spearing? -I'm not calling you nuts, but you're clearly having a conversation that the rest of us aren't.

The crown of your head is the hardest part of your cranium. -Even if you don't know that, your body does... Muscles, and fluid-filled discs in the neck are there to absorb the impact... Unfortunately, they're not made of titanium, so there's only so much shock they can absorb without damage. I am 100% all-in for safer football... What I am not for, is a 15 yard flag coming out every time a RB lowers his head to grind for a 1st down.

I was starting to wonder when the "safe space" and padded playground-loving geeks of the board would show up to tell us all what terrible people we are for suggesting that the best way to avoid a football injury is not to play the effing sport to begin with... No one says you have to.... Fact is, there's absolutely no safe way to run full speed into any object in any frickin' position... But don't tell that to the morons who would have you believe there's a safe way to bring down a 250 pound animal running toward you at 20 miles per hour Don't like the risks, don't play the game... How hard is that?

Hope you're right.... Because there's a big difference between an NFL LB hit and a University of New Mexico LB hit... Allen's size dwarfed a good portion of the kids he played against in college... That simply won't be the case anymore... If he wins the start, it's BAL, LAC, MIN... For perspective, that's the 11th, 4th and 2nd ranked pass defenses respectively. We're gonna get a look at that "mindset" you talk about reeeal quick.

Gotta agree here... A bum shoulder is a hard injury to shake... Landing on your shoulder is bad enough when it's just your own weight... When you've got another 250lb man on top of you, it's devasating… If our O-line was top-notch, it'd be less worrisome.

Ours was a substitute math and science teacher... Since he sucked at both, he would let kids sit in class and read whatever they wanted, as long as they didn't talk.. As a coach, he thought the best place for a helmet was under a face-mask.