Dear NFL . . . OMG, it's a Two Letter Day!

I watch some football. In fact, it's not uncommon for me to watch 2 to 4 games in the course of a week, and I watch  The Packers  every time I can, which is just about every week. After all of the concussion business I feel bad about watching--and worried about the players' health--but I have to confess that it hasn't stopped me from enjoying the game. 

For one thing, I would hazard a guess that in every game I've ever watched there is at least one moment wherein an exclamation of awe and surprise escapes my lips. Wow, a human being just DID that. Y'know? You just don't get that in daily life.

However . . . 

I hate thinking that many (most?) of these guys are going to suffer from the results of brain damage at some point in their lives.

I have a friend who responded to me saying that by riposting, "They're grown men; they know the risks."

I think that's bullshit . . . and an immoral perspective. (But I still love my friend.) But where does that leave me? 

Is it immoral to watch people participate in their own self-destruction?

I'll confess that I'm watching the Colts beat the hell out of the Browns as I write those words. 

Meanwhile. . . 

I have an idea. I'm pretty sure that the NFL doesnt want an idea from Nobody in Kentucky, but hey, it's worth a,   shot, right? So . . . 

Here's my shot.

Dear NFL. 

I have a couple of ideas on how to make professional football safer for the players while remaining an exciting game.

First, no more tackles. Each player wears a sensor on his chest and another on his back. When one of the sensors is touched, the player is "tackled." Play ends. Like flag football, I know. But it keeps a lot of the action while lessening the danger of injury. It might even increase the difficulty level in such a way as to ADD excitement to this aspect of the game.

But anybody could have (and probably already has) thought of that part. Here's the real mojo:

The linemen. They also have the sensors front and back, of course. You never know where that ball could end up. But they also have sensors on their shoulders. When tbe teams line up, the linemen on the offense put their shoulders against the shoulders of the defensive players. They just rest on each other--any pressure prior to the snap (which registers on the sensors which trigger an alert to the officials) = offsides.  And when the ball is snapped, they go at it sumo style. Pushing and shoving, but no collisions. And if you get thrown off of your feet, you stay down until the end of the play.

And that should just about do it, I think. There are some rules that would need tweaking, but for the most part I think that would do it.

So what about it, NFL?

Can we talk monetary reimbursement for me now?

Your fan,

Brother K.

P.S. Thanks for saying Fuck You to Humpty Trumpty today. I loved it. 

Oh, look! Packers game!