*Poll* Is the NFL hurting the entertainment value of the game?

It’s not about the violence, It’s about the non-stop strategy. We spend our time on this blog talking about moves, and possibilities, not about how much we love hard hits.

but I believe they have successfully transformed the game to as Nardawg said, “non-stop strategy” battle. I believe the decision that came about due to the Eagles getting man handled by Carolina in the championship game in the early 2000’s was the catalyst of the change. Of coarse that was the 5 yard rule for the DB’s. After that the big hitting safety’s like Roy Williams started to become a liability. LB’s now needed to be able to turn hips and run down field in coverage. Therefore also getting rid of the bigger and big hitting LB’s.

I do not think the game suffered from the change. It’s evolving as it needs. But make no mistake. The most recent HUGE push to make the head to head contact illegal and fine able is due to the fact that NFL, saw these player law suits coming and they have started to be proactive in fluffing their image, to limit their liability.

The game is and always will be violent but I don’t know anyone who enjoys seeing the type of hits that the league is clamping down on. Seeing a player lying on the ground unconcious or staggering around after a blow to the head can ruin a game as a spectacle and leave me only concerned for the guy’s safety.

So many people engage in hyperbole on this topic, saying things like “the game is turning into a flag football league”, which is patent nonsense. None of the rule changes would affect a hit like this, which I enjoy, but would help to ensure that ones like this one are less frequent.
(This has nothing to do with the player’s respective teams, they were just the first two hits that came to mind.)

So statiscally, the answer is no

and they’re not trying to tone down the violence, they’re trying to get rid of the career ending, possibly life threatening helmet to helmet hits…

People who argue that they’re being soft are meat head mongoloids that don’t nderstand the game. Never ever in a million years was it ever taught to tackle by spearing someone with the crown of your helmet

He’s saying the same thing. He doesn’t think the NFL will remain the #1 sport in America. He made the point people weren’t complaining about missing Thursday night games because they didn’t have the NFL Network, and that’s kind of scary. He also mentioned the NFL has too many nights for football. Sunday, Monday, Thursday and Saturday games are killing the appeal of the “BIG GAME”.