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Which sport is more brutal on the players?

Okay I'm reading this article about football (ugh!) and the cons of increasing the number of games from 16 to 18 (what the hell?).  First of all, can you imagine a hockey season with only 16 games (eek!)?  No thank you!  Whiney-asses are saying that it is brutal enough on the players completing 16 games, 18 would be tough on them (poor babies).

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And then comes this comment -

 

The only sport that comes close to football's brutality is hockey. But when you see guys like Chris Chelios skating around at age 47, you realize even that comparison falls short.

 

WTF??  They are joking right?  Hello!  Has this person never watched hockey?  Football players spend most their time standing around (yes, I've been to games), hockey players are constantly moving and slamming.  Oh and hey, they do it for 82 freaking games!

 

So perhaps I'm off-based (unlikely), but opinions being what they are, we all have them - give yours.

Poll
Which sport is more brutal, physically and mentally?
Hockey
42 votes
Football
9 votes
Some other pansy sport
10 votes

61 votes | Poll has closed

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I can’t stand football. It is a sport for people with ADD – 7 seconds and then stand around for 40, repeat, repeat. Yeah, the 16/18 games is a joke, too, as they have a week off between matches, and then sometimes two because of bye weeks. I don’t understand how it’s interesting to watch or how anyone makes money from it (only 8/9 home games per year!).

Let the blasting commence.

Jon Casey fan since '84

by stufflife on Jul 16, 2009 11:37 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

They don't have a week OFF

that “off” week is constant preparation and practice for the coming game, and many severe injuries result from said practices. I find it very distressing when a HOCKEY fan cannot appreciate another sport. I thought we were the enlightened crowd.

"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11

by joe579 on Jul 16, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I find it more distressing when a sports writer blows off hockey in favor of America’s preferred sports. :)

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?

by ang6666 on Jul 17, 2009 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

They call the days between hockey games “off” too. Even “off” season isn’t really free of the sport. They’re professional athletes.

Jon Casey fan since '84

by stufflife on Jul 19, 2009 2:58 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hockey is pretty brutal...

but I think rugby union is the most. All contact sports have their big injuries, but I think rugby promotes the most overall abuse to the body whether it’s superficial, minor (yet still able to play), debilitating (but not long-term) and long-term.

Oh, so that's where you edit your signature

by Teas on Jul 16, 2009 12:41 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

damn

I was hoping someone else would care about rugby on this forum

Oh, so that's where you edit your signature

by Teas on Jul 18, 2009 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’ll give you that rugby is a brutal sport. I’ve seen it a few times (on tv only) and those guys are nuts!

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?

by ang6666 on Jul 18, 2009 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

I used to play Rugby league

My town was too working class for Rugby Union
;)

"iaT"S FUCKINGE LIEK CONICO DO MAYO!!!!!111"
Mr. K. 5/5/2009

by Morti on Jul 25, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

football

no contest it is football. football REALLY messes up your body, lineman forced to be out of shape, the constant contact, and the live’s of the players only last to about 50! You are considered lucky to play all 16 games of the season if you are a football player. Injuries are VERY common

by briansays on Jul 16, 2009 1:26 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

well ive never played hockey (except roller hockey a little) so I wont say football is more physical and mental but its at least even…the pounding the body takes fucks up the player even later in life..the reason its “7 seconds and then stand around for 40” is that you go all out (except for some lazy DE’s and some WR’s, T.O. Im talking to you)100% and look to take off heads..its also the reason its a short season cuz the players couldnt last more than 16 games plus and playoffs

to counter also..hockey player take a 45 sec shift then get rest in between there shifts..lets say 3 min.s depending ont here importance..plus u got some lazy queens who take shifts off also

mentally since there is only 16 games..your margin for error is smaller and you have to mentally strong on blitz pickups, coverage..learn big playbooks..etc…hockey has some of that type of knowledge necessasity but not as extensive as football

in the end the mental and physicality are equal to me and its the reason i love the 2 sports equally….lots of ass-kicking..lots of stragedy compared to baseball…lets not get into basketball…

Put those cookies back..Mutha fucka!!

by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Jul 16, 2009 2:20 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

+1

You said everything I was going to say

"..." - unknown

by SetoThorMarChooSki on Jul 16, 2009 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Football is more physical.

At least at certain positions. Running Back, especially. There are guys who literally can’t walk in their late 30’s because they played too long.

Plus, hockey only has 200 lb guys hitting each other, football has 300 lb guys hitting helmet to helmet. I would be willing to bet there are way more long-term, possibly life-threatening injuries in football. I’m not saying hockey isn’t physical, but playing football (at least at the nfl level) is probably one of the worst things you could ever do to your health.

by jwizzle241 on Jul 16, 2009 9:32 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

I am very sorry

but when it comes to injuries, brutality, wear and tear, etc, the two sports are a wash. I am a great fan of both, and I simply think football packs the punishment of a full hockey season into 16+ games a year.

However, I agree with ang on the fact that the sacbee article is wrong. As a lover of statistics, using an anomaly like Chelios in an argument (which using some theorem I am too lazy to look up is in the top 99.97% of NHL player longevity) is simply unfair. I live less than 7 miles away from our State’s Capital, and I know that the Shark love has NOT spilled up (northeast) here. There is more love for our Monarchs (WNBA) than the Sharks here. I remember calling KHTK’s late night host carmichael dave and calling him out when he blasted the Sharks when KHTK started covering them. I said “don’t blast my favorite sport when senators called your beloved MMA HUMAN COCKFIGHTING”. He promptly hung up on me, and I refuse to buy any services from KHTK’s advertisers.

"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11

by joe579 on Jul 16, 2009 9:51 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

Fair Trade

in my opinion.

"I suddenly hate Canada with a passion = BASTARDS!!!!!! " -Mr K, Upon hearing Moyes filing Chapter 11

by joe579 on Jul 16, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Dallas Stars

have their own thoughts on this.

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oer sometoethin lie kthat!!!! -Mr. K

by Lurker Shark on Jul 17, 2009 6:14 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

“One game a week? Is the N in NFL for Nancy?”

ha ha!!

Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?

by ang6666 on Jul 17, 2009 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

Without a doubt it's Ullamaliztli

That’s the Aztec game where the losing team was sacraficed. Of the present day sports I’m going to say hockey. For my biomechanical structural comparison research paper (worst class ever by the way), I compare the forces felt by hockey players and those felt by football players and found that the hockey players experienced much more violent collisions on the whole, while football injury rates are higher mostly due to the interaction of the high friction surface the game is played on.

by propane on Jul 18, 2009 4:23 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

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