The NFL will never adopt this radical approach. They have geared this game and the players to be as fast and as strong as humanly possible. They teach at a very young age and on through the pros the benefits of being explosive with every motion you make on the field. No helmets would slow the game down…that’s the antithesis of what brought the NFL to its current state.

This new rule is simply to save face and keep the mom’s, girlfriends, and other casual fans interested in the game. They don’t want to be exposed as every bit as violent as MMA. If they were truly concerned with limiting head traumas…why aren’t they looking at the lineman….bone crushing hits with helmet to helmet contact is something that happens almost every single play in the trenches. Also, why don’t they tell the ball carriers that they are no longer allowed to lower their heads for an impact?

I’m not saying that I condone idiots making themselves missiles with the intent to injure….but you can’t take the hurt out of the game and still have NFL football…or tackle football in general. And you CERTAINLY can’t solely target the defensive players.

This may mark a resurgence of the power back…if you aren’t allowed to tackle him…he’ll deliver the blow and you’ll never get him down. I bet Jerome Bettis would have loved this rule. His average would have been a TD every play.

seriously, are you retarded?