Although some people believe rules in football should not be changed because of the countless years the rules have been kept the same and the ways it would change the nature of the game, the rules should be adjusted to enhance the gameplay experience and make it safer. Football regulations have been increasingly changing throughout the course of the past decade and out of all sports, whether it be baseball, soccer, basketball, or hockey, has been one of the most changed sports. One of these changes, the instant replay rule, has been a major impact on all sports, but most significantly on the sport of football. This regulation, first used in football in 1986, authorizes the NFL to playback in slow motion any down they wish to see again. In 2016,
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The NFL recently decided that any dangerous and flagrant hit that violates the rules will result in a suspension for the player. A numerous amount of people do not agree with these rule changes to football. According to Ray Edwards, a defensive end from the Minnesota Vikings, in the article Will The NFL’s New Hitting Rules Ruin Football? Written by John Hudson, had his fair share of words on the topic: “The suspension stuff is taking it a little far. It is football. We all signed up to play this game. Things happen. You can’t alter the way you play the game. I understand you’re doing it to protect the player but don’t take it away from the game.” An individual, a writer named Dave Zirin from The Nation proclaims that these significant hitting changes will not change anything. He says "There is no making football safer. There is no amount of suspensions, fines or ejections that will change the fundamental nature of a sport built on violent collisions. It doesn't matter if players have better mouth guards, better helmets or better pads. Anytime you have a sport that turns the poor into millionaires and dangles violence as an incentive, well, you reap what you sow." Nicholas Carson, a writer from Business Insider also expressed his feelings towards this. He states that “this will ruin football.” He believes that the NFL will be very different 10 years from
The NFL recently decided that any dangerous and flagrant hit that violates the rules will result in a suspension for the player. A numerous amount of people do not agree with these rule changes to football. According to Ray Edwards, a defensive end from the Minnesota Vikings, in the article Will The NFL’s New Hitting Rules Ruin Football? Written by John Hudson, had his fair share of words on the topic: “The suspension stuff is taking it a little far. It is football. We all signed up to play this game. Things happen. You can’t alter the way you play the game. I understand you’re doing it to protect the player but don’t take it away from the game.” An individual, a writer named Dave Zirin from The Nation proclaims that these significant hitting changes will not change anything. He says "There is no making football safer. There is no amount of suspensions, fines or ejections that will change the fundamental nature of a sport built on violent collisions. It doesn't matter if players have better mouth guards, better helmets or better pads. Anytime you have a sport that turns the poor into millionaires and dangles violence as an incentive, well, you reap what you sow." Nicholas Carson, a writer from Business Insider also expressed his feelings towards this. He states that “this will ruin football.” He believes that the NFL will be very different 10 years from