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:	post by xmikex at 2010-10-19 11:21:52

Everyone needs to settle down about this.

A. Rugby is the pussiest game ever. Here is a video that by it's own description claims to be the "biggest rugby hits ever."

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You'll notice that most of these are pussy shoulder checks that even Deion Sanders would have been able to pull off. Even when a guy does wrap and tackle they rarely drive to the ground like you'd see in the NFL, NCAA, or hell even Mixed Martial Arts. Secondly, it's been empirically proven that NFL players not only hit harder than rugby players, but that the "protective gear" (that everyone thinks puts them in an invincible bubble) actually allows them to damage their opponent more.

If helmets make you a pussy then why does Anquan Boldin have a metal plate in his face?

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And while we're doing video show and tell here's what happens when a 250 lb man attempts to stop another 250 lb man dead in his tracks with a shoulder check when performed in a real sport, and not by rugby homos:

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B. This rule actually doesn't bother me. Rodney Harrison is one of my favorite athletes ever. But the guy outlined the NFL players' collective mindset towards illegal hits well enough whenever he'd go off about not giving a shit about fines. Plenty of players are more than happy to get fined for the chance to injure an impact player and make a rep for themselves.

Ask yourself, if there had been real rules in place for cheap hits would Bernard Pollard have taken an extra lunge at Brady's knees? Would we have been subjected to a year of Matt Cassel? Would the greatest passing attack ever have been put on hiatus for a year?

I consider Merriweather to be a candidate for one of the top 5 safeties in the game right now, and his aggressiveness make that happen. But the hit on Todd Heap was malicious and there was an obvious conscious intent to go helmet first.

There are plenty of ways to hurt a guy, and to play hard nosed football without breaking somebody's skull with a helmet. The NFL is too profitable to let its star players continue to be targeted by the Cortland Finnegans and Eric Smiths of the league.

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