[Magdalen] Head injuries

[Jay Weigel]

It does, except that there was a a situation in the Tennessee-Kentucky game
this past Saturday when a UT player was called for targeting (spearing) and
thrown out of the game. Several separate camera angles showed that there
was no helmet contact whatsoever, he did not lead with his head, and it was
strictly shoulder contact. However, there is no appealing in such a case,
which seems absolutely wrong.

On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 8:54 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>