[Magdalen] Head injuries

[Lynn Ronkainen]

This sounds like a reasonable proposal Jim.
Here in TX, despite ALL the info about head injuries and concussions, the HS 
football scene has not changed much, sadly.
Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "James Handsfield" <jhandsfield at att.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2015 6:26 PM
To: "Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: [Magdalen] Head injuries

> So far this year, seven high school athletes have died due to head 
> injuries in football games (according to ABC News).  This says nothing 
> about the injuries to college and professional athletes.
>
> I have a proposal to change a rule to deal with this - if a player is 
> judged to “spear” (first contact is with the head) an opponent, take a 
> rule from the soccer Laws of the Game - they are removed from the game AND 
> THE TEAM IS NOT PERMITTED TO REPLACE THAT PLAYER during the game.  Maybe 
> also a two game suspension would be useful.  If top level athletes are not 
> allowed to play because of their behavior, you can bet that team mates and 
> team managers will have something to say about it.
>
> Yeah, I was shouting.
>
> Thinking one can behave their way into heaven is an insult to the whole 
> idea of salvation.
>
> James Handsfield
> jhandsfield at gmail.com
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