RusskyHoya
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Post by RusskyHoya on Mar 1, 2016 15:43:02 GMT -5
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Mar 1, 2016 16:08:14 GMT -5
It should. I would think the rest of the Patriot league wouldn't be far behind (followed by the rest of the country in a few short years).
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DFW HOYA
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Post by DFW HOYA on Mar 1, 2016 16:25:50 GMT -5
Remember, Georgetown views the Ivies as its peers/role models when it comes to what a college football program should look like. Coming soon to a Hilltop near you It's a role model because in part, GU lacks a forward-thinking strategy for football and the Ivy model is an easy "safe harbor". The program is essentially on the business plan Bob Benson presented in 1992. |
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RusskyHoya
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Post by RusskyHoya on Mar 1, 2016 17:31:47 GMT -5
Remember, Georgetown views the Ivies as its peers/role models when it comes to what a college football program should look like. Coming soon to a Hilltop near you It's a role model because in part, GU lacks a forward-thinking strategy for football and the Ivy model is an easy "safe harbor". The program is essentially on the business plan Bob Benson presented in 1992. I mean, I don't really know what a "forward-thinking" strategy looks like for a sport that's in danger of being perceived as inherently unsafe and borderline child abuse by large swaths of the general public. And I find it ever harder with each passing day to say that's an off base perception, even as someone who spent most of his childhood in Alabama and played middle and high school football. |
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Mar 1, 2016 20:27:33 GMT -5
I am waiting for flag football to replace tackle football.  It is in the stars (of what the players with concussions see). |
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cheer48
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Post by cheer48 on Mar 2, 2016 8:50:44 GMT -5
if they were not playing football they would be doing stupid things with cars..... Sober up Dudes.....they
won`t be sober driving the cars....... what group has the highest accident rate ?
Because you are an Ivy League Coach doesn`t equate to having some simple common sense
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Post by eagle54 on Mar 2, 2016 22:20:20 GMT -5
if they were not playing football they would be doing stupid things with cars..... Sober up Dudes.....they won`t be sober driving the cars....... what group has the highest accident rate ? Because you are an Ivy League Coach doesn`t equate to having some simple common sense This confuses me but I'm sure there's a message I'm missing - let me guess - you want them to go back to tackling during the week to avoid driving drunk? |
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cheer48
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Post by cheer48 on Mar 3, 2016 8:07:13 GMT -5
you got it !
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RusskyHoya
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Post by RusskyHoya on Mar 3, 2016 10:49:24 GMT -5
if they were not playing football they would be doing stupid things with cars..... Sober up Dudes.....they won`t be sober driving the cars....... what group has the highest accident rate ? Because you are an Ivy League Coach doesn`t equate to having some simple common sense If the purpose of this post was to support the notion that playing football doesn't contribute to long-term brain damage, it might not have been the best way to go about it... |
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cheer48
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Post by cheer48 on Mar 3, 2016 13:09:25 GMT -5
the point:.......both parents and kids know the potential risks in playing football or in teenage driving BOTH with or without a "few beers" if a choice, let them play the game they love
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Post by cheer48 on Mar 3, 2016 13:22:34 GMT -5
PS. I am a medical doctor and had five sons who played football.....one had his bell rung in a rather nasty way.....He now holds degrees from Carneghie Mellon. Georgetown Law, Harvard Kennedy.....obvious that he is a very lucky guy
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RusskyHoya
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Post by RusskyHoya on Mar 3, 2016 13:34:51 GMT -5
the point:.......both parents and kids know the potential risks in playing football or in teenage driving BOTH with or without a "few beers" if a choice, let them play the game they love Drunk driving is a crime, and the legal limit for those who are underage is very, very low. Anyway, the operative question here isn't whether football should be banned outright (i.e., not letting them play the game they love), but whether it should be paid for out of educational institution funds, public or private. It's a question that is being asked with increasing frequency and urgency. Those of us who enjoy the sport had best make sure our answer is a good one. |
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Post by cheer48 on Mar 3, 2016 13:57:13 GMT -5
seems Russky that you bring up an entirely different question....I studied in Europe a couple of years and the universities had nothing of our intercollegiate athletic programs except The Brits who did have university- labeled rowing teams per Oxford.....wont happen in our time with universities making humungous bucks from athletics......cant see the Ohio States and Michigans etc tearing down their 100,000 seated stadiums for classrooms....
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Post by bgsmitty43 on Mar 3, 2016 17:04:28 GMT -5
I think the no-contact tackling is a trend. Many college teams are eliminating any full contact to the ground by emphasizing tackling with the chest and legs and not "leading with the helmet" as they used to do. Plus, with modern-day offenses being spread out so much, a lot of tackling is done in open spaces. The power and I formation offenses that try to grind the ball up the middle are few. I'm an old school player and coach, but feel that eliminating as much head contact as possible in practice is a positive thing. I still think they will need to throw in some live scrimmages in the spring and preseason so tacklers can get their timing. We have already eliminated the two-a-day and three-a-day full contact practices in preseason. I believe football will be around for awhile. I heard a great talk from Dabo Sweeney last spring emphasizing we don't less football we need more for what it can teach young men. Unfortunately about 5 players died last year due to football head injuries (5 too many!) but over 130 died in bicycle accidents. Should we eliminate bicycle riding? Football will survive at Georgetown University however they teach tackling. Go Hoyas!
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It is in the stars (of what the players with concussions see).
