You still continue to try and make it safer, but we all know how big of a risk high-level football is to a player’s health. We also have to realize what happened to Damar Hamlin is very rare; I have watched football for over 30 years and I have never seen that happen before.
The concussion issue is very different from the horror we saw Monday night. Both are very scary, but we have to be able to separate the two when discussing consistent injury problems.
We always talk about the future of football and if players will eventually be wearing flags. While we need to continue to find ways to keep players safe the risk will always be there, but the sad irony is the reason the game is dangerous is the same reason we love it so much.
It’s the reason the sport is as popular as it is — the speed and violence of the game.
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