D3STRO
Shared on Mon, 10/01/2007 - 10:07The past few years it seems as though professional sports (in particular the NFL and the NHL) have been turning these once proud sports of gladitorial combat into an empty shell of what they used to be. They are "protecting" players way too much these days and our watering down these sports to almost embarrassing levels.
Check out this hit by Steve Downey on Dean McAmmond in a professional full contact hockey game.
I guess you can't embed the video ... here's the link. http://youtube.com/watch?v=322zqTkL0-c
Now, while I agree that Downey left his feet, which is a violation of the rules, McAmmond is breaking the cardinal rule of hockey ... "Keep ya head up". If you don't keep your head, then you get your bell rung. Like he did. While Downey deserved a penalty for his hit (because he left his feet) the NHL handed out the fourth longest suspension in league history (20 games) to a young kid who is just playing the game hard. He didn't use his stick a la Chris Simon (who btw received 25 games for his stick attack last year) or Marty McSorley. He didn't hit him from behind and drive his head into the ground ... like Bertuzzi did. He made the mistake of leaving his feet. Now if he didn't leave his feet, this play would have had a very similar ... I wonder if he would have been suspended anyways.
Same thing goes for football ... take this hit in the Wisconsin v. Michigan State Game
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rjG4p0YqVlk
Crossing router, head turned back ... safety is going to light you up. That is football. The only thing the announcers could talk about was how that hit would be illegal in the NFL and you can't hit defenseless receivers. WTF ... that is how you keep guys from catching the ball acrosse the middle ... a hit like that and they hear footsteps for the rest of the game. I will agree that his helmet did hit his helmet ... but he clearly did not lead with his head. Don't get me started about the QB's and how they can't be touched anymore. Just put some flags on them already.
DD
Check out this hit by Steve Downey on Dean McAmmond in a professional full contact hockey game.
I guess you can't embed the video ... here's the link. http://youtube.com/watch?v=322zqTkL0-c
Now, while I agree that Downey left his feet, which is a violation of the rules, McAmmond is breaking the cardinal rule of hockey ... "Keep ya head up". If you don't keep your head, then you get your bell rung. Like he did. While Downey deserved a penalty for his hit (because he left his feet) the NHL handed out the fourth longest suspension in league history (20 games) to a young kid who is just playing the game hard. He didn't use his stick a la Chris Simon (who btw received 25 games for his stick attack last year) or Marty McSorley. He didn't hit him from behind and drive his head into the ground ... like Bertuzzi did. He made the mistake of leaving his feet. Now if he didn't leave his feet, this play would have had a very similar ... I wonder if he would have been suspended anyways.
Same thing goes for football ... take this hit in the Wisconsin v. Michigan State Game
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rjG4p0YqVlk
Crossing router, head turned back ... safety is going to light you up. That is football. The only thing the announcers could talk about was how that hit would be illegal in the NFL and you can't hit defenseless receivers. WTF ... that is how you keep guys from catching the ball acrosse the middle ... a hit like that and they hear footsteps for the rest of the game. I will agree that his helmet did hit his helmet ... but he clearly did not lead with his head. Don't get me started about the QB's and how they can't be touched anymore. Just put some flags on them already.
DD
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Submitted by dos on Mon, 10/01/2007 - 10:12