The Rocky Mountain Collegian

While I appreciate your thoughts on officiating and your love of a tough game using 'French' as a code for 'weak' is lazy writing and inaccurate. It is also disservice to the French troops who are currently fighting and dying alongside American soldiers and Marines in Afghanistan. Save your derision for people and countries who are not currently allies in an ongoing difficult war.

I completely agree. It will only be a few years before the term "tackling" is replaced with "illegal touching". Soon football will be no more a contact sport than baseball. I understand that there are safety concerns, but there always will be in contact sports. The players know the risks and they all have chosen to continue playing anyway. When I was in college I played rugby for two years, and suffered three concussions while doing so. Did I blame anyone for this? For two of the occasions no. One time I was blatently sucker-punched from behind but oh well. I didn't really hold it against the guy. Now the NFL is starting ridiculous rules such as no hitting the quarterback below the knees, no hitting him in the head, and no attempted tackles on the QB while on the ground. What the hell? I thought men played this game! It's a rough sport, either man up or quit.