These expressions are part of the game and describing the game. Participants get injured in all myriad of sport and sports related injuries. Certain games present certain risks - just a fact. If you do not want to have you or yours at risk it is your or your choice for yours not to participate.
Yes it is a game. Yes it is a game for fun. Yes it is a game where you strive to be victorious ( sorry the guy that scores less points loses ). It a game that teaches perseverance, tolerance for adversity and purpose to an end within the rules.
I was a participant, coach and father of athletic participants. Never would wish that anyone get injured, would not want mine injured and would never encourage anyone to injure anyone.
You mss the whole point of the discussion. Rules are already in place to protect the participants - this rule seems to be a rule to do just what we have done in every other walk of our society, make one more rule that overrules other rules so the other rules don't have to apply. You won't need to apply the existing rules just find an excuse to use the catch all rule.
No one wishes their child or athlete to be lying motionless on ground after being hit in football game, tripped in a soccer game, undercut making a shot in BB game, slammed to the mat in a wrestling match or even being slapped up beside the head with a hockey stick or many other situations. That is ludicrous thought to even consider one would not be upset be such a situation.
Football is CONTACT sport. CONTACT within the rules. Football is a violent sport simply by it's nature. It is a controlled violence and disciplined violence. If you take the intensity from the game you destroy the game at a competitive level. IMHO
Baby seals and cocks have no choice and no way to protect themselves - that is a moot and non applicable comparison. Football players are trained and train for the situations they are exposed to and do have some responsibility to take care of themselves.
On the other hand - the guy why cut blocked the Houston Texans linebacker should be banned from the game for life.
