curmudgeon wrote:I’ve watched the game since I was six years old. My heroes included Bart Starr, Jim Taylor, Boyd Dowler, Roman Gabriel, Jack Snow, John Hadl, Lance Alworth, John Brodie, Gene Washington, etc., etc. The games may have been pre-determined in those days but I was too young to realize. Clearly, the scripted game today is influenced by the machine. The changes to the rules have left us with a shell of the game from the 1960’s and 1970’s. Some may champion this with a nod to safety but it is no longer football. The continued tweaking of NFL rules is insane and the game is a shell of its former self. I may be an old curmudgeon, but I relish the days of Dick Butkus, Deacon Jones, Jack Lambert, Lyle Alzado and the physical game. They were true heroes. I am repulsed by the flag fest determining the outcome of every Sunday/Monday/Thursday/Saturday game. It is financial. It is not football. Perhaps the fantasy generation does not care. I guess I’ve become a fossil. It happens to all of us. I’ll use the time to play my guitar or go fishing. Peace out.......
trents wrote:Not only is the blizzard of flags ruining the game but the plethora of rules that have purposefully tilted the game toward more passing and higher scores. There's an imbalance now. The game has been engineered to put the pass over the run, put offense over defense and to protect the quarterback. It's tough to be a defensive player these days. Everytime you turn around you have done something to draw a flag.
Uppercut wrote:I heard Joe Montana on some radio show a week ago saying he could really do some business with today's rules protecting the receivers..
obiken wrote:Remember, these guys today are way better athletes; they are bigger, stronger, faster. Kam Chancellor could hit with the best of them till they changed the rules.
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