American Football: Hit of the year? Ouch!

"Maybe the hit of the year at any level" according to Sportscenter.
silvercordsays...

I've never understood the accolades and celebration that come from laying out a receiver who, while in the act of catching a ball or just having done so, is completely at the mercy of the defensive player unleashing a vicious hit. Where is the glory in that?

Bidoulerouxsays...

This is not *sports, this is gratuitous *violence. There was absolutely no need to stop the receiver dead in his tracks like that. He was just inches away from the side lines. A tap on the shoulder would have made him go over. But I guess the rules say you must hit everything that moves since this is american "football".

Deanosays...

>> ^Bidouleroux:
This is not sports, this is gratuitous violence. There was absolutely no need to stop the receiver dead in his tracks like that. He was just inches away from the side lines. A tap on the shoulder would have made him go over. But I guess the rules say you must hit everything that moves since this is american "football".


But come on, this isn't touch football. This is the full contact kind and that's the way it is. The tackle was, within the context of the rules, perfectly fine as he stopped the forward movement of the ball and minimised the yardage gain.

I can see how some may find the sport distasteful but physical contact in sport isn't going away and as a result some people will always get hurt.

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