(01-18-2021 05:57 PM)Tribal Wrote:  

(01-18-2021 12:11 PM)Tribe3455 Wrote:  

(01-18-2021 10:41 AM)nj alum Wrote:  Society can not function if it lives in fear of death.

Football players can not function if they play in fear of injury.

Some of you are asking 18-22 year olds to not play in a competitive football game for two whole years. Sorry. I’m not in that camp. If the players want to play (and apparently Towson didn’t), let them play.

Still a natty to play for this spring, right?

You realize that football is played one season a year for a reason. That reason isn't fear. It's for the health of the players. If you haven't played the game you do not in ANY WAY understand the physical toll two seasons in one year will take on an individual. If you have played the game then your memory is short.

So NFL players can play 4 preseason games then 16-19 games but guys a couple years younger can't play 6 in March then 11 five months later?

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This is a good point. I don't really believe that college players need an entire year like the NFL players. It's a totally different equation. First, at least at William and Mary, almost nobody who plays here continues after 4/5 seasons so the grind ends for most. I hope that when players are injured that they are under rehab care and not pushed (by their teams or by money) to play hurt like in the NFL.