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There is some real irony in the contigent of players who complain about there being too much safety enforced in today's National Football League. They are, in simple terms, complaining that others are complaining too much about the violence of the game.
Bluh. Bluh. Bluh. Let's no longer bury the lede. Former New York Giants defensive marvel Osi Umenyiora isn't a huge fan of players who are whining over the need for more safety in football.
https://twitter.com/OsiUmenyiora/status/938529359023017985
“For them to come out and speak the way they’re speaking is just the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard,” Umenyiora said, via Evan Grossman of the New York Daily News. “They’re out of their minds. . . .
“There’s so much beauty and so much aggression and physical nature of the game without hitting people in their head. I don’t understand it.”
“It’s not that I don’t think they realize the dangers of the game. I think we’re all very well aware of the dangers of the game. There’s just this whole aura of the game is macho and all these types of things that people don’t care what the consequences are going to be a little later on,” Umenyiora said. “I understand that, from the fans’ perspective. For people watching, I think human beings have a propensity to like violence. You want the collisions, you want all those things. But from the players’ standpoint, I just don’t understand what they’re doing, what they’re talking about, because the evidence is there.
“You’re not supposed to hit anybody in the head. Nobody signed up for that. That’s not what the league is about, that’s not what the NFL has ever been about. So this whole ‘trying to take away my football,’ it’s nonsensical. . . People are dying. People are dying in very, very bad ways because of this head trauma. I don’t understand it.”
This topic isn't going to go anywhere. From current players, to retired players, to fans, everyone has an opinion on the current state of football.
