This weekend's other games

[GBruno]

If you value safety over freedom that's fine, but why do you get to impose that on other people?

The arrogance is astounding. It's like saying you know what's best so therefore I should have to act in a certain way.
It's authoritarianism disguised as being considerate.

Let the individual footballers take responsiblity is what i am saying. There is no excuse for any of them not to know the risks. I would happily sign a waiver saying I choose to play football with other adult men and I know i may get a bang to the head. I take full responsiblity for any long term brain injury that may occur as a result of this.

My big problem with football right now is the level of subjectivity invovled. I want a few objective rules to protect the game from the whims of other peopl, including people like myself. I don't want to impose myself on others anymore than I want them to impose on me.

These are grown athletes, let them make their own minds up.

You cannot make the game risk free and surely we don't want to?

[Zippity]

If you value safety over freedom that's fine, but why do you get to impose that on other people?

The arrogance is astounding. It's like saying you know what's best so therefore I should have to act in a certain way.
It's authoritarianism disguised as being considerate.

Let the individual footballers take responsiblity is what i am saying. There is no excuse for any of them not to know the risks. I would happily sign a waiver saying I choose to play football with other adult men and I know i may get a bang to the head. I take full responsiblity for any long term brain injury that may occur as a result of this.

My big problem with football right now is the level of subjectivity invovled. I want a few objective rules to protect the game from the whims of other peopl, including people like myself. I don't want to impose myself on others anymore than I want them to impose on me.

These are grown athletes, let them make their own minds up.

You cannot make the game risk free and surely we don't want to?

And that's all fair enough-you make your point well.

As I say, I have a different view. I do see genuine concern for player welfare where you see authoritarianism. You mention a player's individual responsibility but the League have an overall responsibility to look after the game and those who play it.

There are lots of their rules and regulations that I don't agree with but I'm with them on this. We're coming out of a time when there was very little care taken in respect of players' physical-or mental- health, certainly compared with how things are now. Chris Sutton speaks very wisely, passionately and articulately on the issue of players needing to come off after head injuries, not least becaise the long term dangers increase exponentially if a player stays on and receives a further blow to the head.

Look at it another way-imagine the outcry if a player chooses to stay on the pitch against a doctor's advice but he is more injured than anyone realised and suffers a seizure-or worse. Isn't it better to be safe rather than sorry?