Does the NFL really care about helmet to helmet contact

I really wonder about that. And it is because of what happen to our team this year from one guy. He gets fined the first time and then goes out and does the same thing again. Now remember we have to play against the Bungles again next year will this happen again. I think the NFL needs to set a rule: 1st time, $30,000 fine, 2nd time 50,000 and you are out of the NFL. I know there are a lot of politics in involved in the NFL but that should be set aside under these conditions.

 

No they don't
They just don't want to get sued anymore

 

I don't think they career either, but they have to make it seem like they do.
I think it should depend on the hit. For the 1st offense, it wasn't intentional, the fine should be like $40,000. But if it was intentional, it should be like $60,000-$80,000. I know that's steep but these guys make enough. The 2nd offense: Unintentional- $60,000, suspended 1 game. Intentional- $110,000, suspended 3 games. The 3rd offense: intentional or unintentional- suspended indefinitely.

They should take it more seriously- but it's not.

 

Rather than an arbitrary amount, why not set the fine at "an amount equal to one game's pay"? (Or whatever multiple you desire.) At least then a fine would actually be meaningful to the highly-compensated players, instead of a fly landing on a rhino's back.

 

I think they should adopt the college targeting rule, revue the play after the hit and determine if the defender targeted the offended player and if so toss him out of the game and make him sit out the first half of the next game, adopt that rule change and add a fine to the punishment as well.........

 

I dont think the nfl cares at all about helmet to helmet contact. They dont like bad PR.
I cant stand the new rules and how they are applied unfairly. Best way to handle this is improved helmets. Its pretty simple physics...time vs change of velocity. Speed dosent kill, its the sudden lack there of that causes problems.
There has to be a way to slow down the sudden changes in brain velocity

 

You could make football fields 12 inches of mud or foam that slows these super atheletes down. Would be pretty fun to watch.

 

If they did, running backs would not be allowed to get hit in head or dish it out. That happens more than anything.

 

Goodell and his henchmen only care about one thing. Guess? They are only driven to show they care by the public outcry. Any person in reality and not a lemming knows this is total BS. The money train is a plenty. They will continue to dupe the public. It's a violent game but the head hunting does have to stop. They could have made a colossal step by suspending Berfict for the year. He got 3 games and the talking heads say he will appeal and it will be reduced. Yep, they care. Oh, and let's not leave out the owners either.

 

If they really cared, they would make any contact with the helmet off limits. This NEEDS to include offensive players. Why can a runner grab and twist a face mask as hard as they want to, but a defensive player Can't?

 

They care only when $ is involved on both sides. They don't like to pay out for the settlement(s) but like to market the big hits as well.

 

Very much agree. I've seen them call it before against the O but rarely. I've never cared much for the stiff arms to the face.

 

Well, I'm looking at it and it looks like there was a decline in reported concussions for a couple years.

Possibly the increase can be attributed to having an independent observer present and the increased awareness among the organizations and players in general.

I really don't think as an entity they have the genuine care for the players health in mind other than how to protect the integrity and the bottom line at the same time. I do believe there are individuals in the organization(s) that have player safety very much in the forefront.

I relate it to the military where there's a perception that there's more sexual assault than in the general public because we're bombarded by PSA's and have an actual avenue for reporting and action being taken. Naturally you're going to look at hard numbers and say it's worse, but in reality there's more likely to be action taken based on a system being in place to handle it.