ermm... for all those saying that NFL players actually are a bunch of big sissies, you might want to consider one thing:
tackles in rugby (or the like) hardly ever (i did NOT say never) develop the force that tackles in the nfl do. those peolpe don't wear the pads because they are scared of some bruises, but to protect themselves from very serious injuries.
a professor at some university once calculated that an average to hard hit in the nfl developes the same force as a bowling ball that is dropped from the 13th floor!! so try lying on the ground and have someone drop a bowling ball at your chest from that height. i don't thinke you would survive it.
so there's more to those pads than just fear of a little pain.
plus i like the complex strategy that rugby is missing
[EDIT] sorry, big-time vocable mistake
Last edited by maef (2006-02-28 14:54:12)