Glorious Escapism Roleplay

Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 6:33 pm Post subject:

I see. Still it makes more sense to minimize potential danger to players in a sport.
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Toutaku · Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 6:42 pm Post subject:

Shinpads and kneeguards.

If you give a player too much padding, it makes them more likely to put in enough force to seriously injure. Bare knuckle boxing is safer that boxing with the gloves in the long run. If your hands are unprotected, it hurts them seriously to aim for the head too often. So you wear them down on the body, and then aim for the head. With the gloves on, you recklessly aim for the face over and over again, and this can cause severe brain trauma in the brain over a period of time.
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Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 6:43 pm Post subject:

Yeah. I suppose that is true. Didn't really think of that.

Guess there's danger either way.
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Toutaku · Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 6:47 pm Post subject:

It's one of the reasons I think the padding in American Football is overdone. It just encourages you to use your body like a battering ram. Try it without the armour, and you get hurt.

>brain trauma in the brain

I should really read my posts through before submitting...
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Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 7:16 pm Post subject:

Heh. Well, it's kind of needed. That's sort of how the game is played. Certain positions you're pretty much by rule supposed to rely on your body mass to try and break through the defenders. In Rugby, everyone can pass the ball forward, if I recall, while in football, only the quarterback usually does. When anyone else has the ball, their only options are to go around the players on the other team or to force them out of the way. It's how the game is played.

Heh. I didn't even notice that...
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Toutaku · Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 7:19 pm Post subject:

Oh, the rule in Rugby is that you have to pass backwards or to the side, never forwards.
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Toutaku · Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 7:23 pm Post subject:

Here's the rules.

http://www.ombac.org/ombac_rugby/rulesofrugby.htm
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Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 7:23 pm Post subject:

I see. Still, they're able to pass the ball to someone else as a means to avoid getting tackled, which can't be done in football.
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Toutaku · Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 7:29 pm Post subject:

I think they can, but usually only throw after being tackled.
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Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 7:49 pm Post subject:

I see.
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Toutaku · Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 7:52 pm Post subject:

Still, I don't know much about either sport.

The padding may be a necessity, but it does encourage the use of overly powerful force...
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Selrahc · Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 7:53 pm Post subject:

How did I forget rugby... I played a couple times during summer camp. Because I was small and thin (I still am), I was eady to knock out of the game. Lucky for me, the worst injury I obtained from that game was being blacked ouy after getting clocked in the head.
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The mutant 0408 · Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 5:48 pm Post subject: