What did we learn 2018 - a wrap!!!!!

[woody6]

GENERALLY SPEAKING:

• the number of "have nots" is increasing
• the gap between the "have nots" and the "haves" is widening
• the gulf between private and public school football is real

REPEAT AFTER ME - GENERALLY SPEAKING!

 

[Mateesen14]

Great Post!

That there are small moments and stories in football that make us very humble about this game we love.

#13 GREAT POST!! Football does so much for young men in developing work ethic, character and team work. God Bless all the Mothers and Fathers who watched their sons play an inherently violent game and leave senior year without injury.
Thank you Newt for posting talking points and observations week after week, year after year.

 

[Mateesen14]

And 1 play will constitute playing in the game. The next day, no physical activity. No lifting, no running nothing. So if your a back up in a tight game, the starter comes out for one play for whatever reason you are ineligible for the JV game on Saturday. That would be the extent of your playing time for the week. Another nail in the coffin of the game we all love.

I think this is a rule to protect the kids. In 8A for example, a team with 65 kids, you have 22 starters, 5 have a roll both ways and another 5 see the field regularly and another 5 on special teams. Those 5 on special teams will be seeing the field a lot next year but aren’t involved on offense or defense. They are now ineligible for JV. But what if one of those kids get their bell rung on a kickoff Friday night but not “knocked out” then he plays 60 plays Saturday afternoon on JV with edema in his brain.
It is not a nail in the coffin, we learn and educate. Data says back to back days of full speed contact is more dangerous.

 

[atrain97]

I think this is a rule to protect the kids. In 8A for example, a team with 65 kids, you have 22 starters, 5 have a roll both ways and another 5 see the field regularly and another 5 on special teams. Those 5 on special teams will be seeing the field a lot next year but aren’t involved on offense or defense. They are now ineligible for JV. But what if one of those kids get their bell rung on a kickoff Friday night but not “knocked out” then he plays 60 plays Saturday afternoon on JV with edema in his brain.
It is not a nail in the coffin, we learn and educate. Data says back to back days of full speed contact is more dangerous.

Trust me I understand thevfelt the pain of back to back games/ practice, but I would argue that this could drive participation numbers down, and scenarios could keep starters on the field longer, in situations that they shouldn’t be playing, and could lead to even more injuries. Or lead to players having to play JV that are overmatched.