Hypocritical NFL

The recent crackdown by the NFL on dangerous tackles is a good thing, there is no doubt about it. Football is a dangerous game by nature. You hit, you tackle. It's the foundation of the game. Unfortunately it is also the basis for many long-term injuries. For a long time, it was just assumed that it took a toll on your body, but recent reports have finally showed what many of us always assumed - concussions are bad to the brain.

The NFL was quick to be concerned with this. Without players, there would be no NFL. Not only do injuries cause long-term problems after retirement, but they are starting to shorten careers as well. By banning certain hits, like those on defenseless receivers as well as any of the head-to-head nature, the NFL is investing in their product. That is both a smart public relations decision and a smart business decision.

The problem is that at the same time, the league wants to expand the regular season to 18 games. They want to ban dangerous hits, but then turn around and want to give more opportunity for these hits to occur. Let's face it - football is a fast and often violent game. While dangerous hits are being banned, their is always the possibility that someone takes an errant knee to the head. Or that their knee gets torn in two after it gets caught in the turf. No matter how safe the league is trying to make the hits, expanding the season by two games (simply to make more money) is hypocritical. You can't have your cake and eat it to.