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Originally Posted by Christian Benteke
(w/ pads)
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I'll concede every other point as opinion except this one. Every time I hear someone deride football because they wear pads (nearly always either a Brit or an Aussie) it really chaps my hide. This game is played by 350 pound behemoths that can bench 500 pounds like it's nothing and run a 4.2 second 40 yard dash. Without pads players would become a bloody pulp on the field. Even with the pads, the injuries these guys sustain car be horrific. In fact, if there's anything about football that has to be addressed and changed, it's these type of life-altering injuries, esp. brain injuries (concussions). (Concussions are also a serious problem in hockey).
Please get off it with the pads. It is a horrendously unfair criticism.