re: American Football is in serious trouble

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eliminate helmets and shoulder pads, as there are no better tacklers than rugby players. when you MUST tackle properly to make a play, it's amazing how seldom people lead with the head.

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I've been saying this for a long time. Players use their helmets as weapons. They had almost zero head injuries before because nobody led with their head.

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eliminate helmets and shoulder pads, as there are no better tacklers than rugby players. when you MUST tackle properly to make a play, it's amazing how seldom people lead with the head.

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I wouldn't say eliminate them..
Have pads that aren't made of HARD, LIGHT plastics that make the players faster and more dangerous because of how hard the plastics are now.
I have been saying this as well. It would make the game more interesting if players had to actually tackle one another