As everyone may or may not know, this could be the last season of NFL football we see for while. With the current collective bargining agreement set to expire after the Super Bowl, it makes me wonder why the NFL isn't actively trying to sign a new CBA with the players association?
Instead they are talking about adding 2 more games to the regular season and fining players for hits they deem as too rough. Football is a game that is intended for pain. Steelers linebacker Jerome Harris is quoted as saying "I play to hurt, not injure, but hurt"
He was fined $75,000 for his hit on Cleveland Browns receiver Joshua Cribbs, now I am not going to sit here and say that Harris needed to hit Cribbs that hard, but in the moment of the game intensity changes. I think the NFL needs to be really careful in how the approach future instances of rough play, they are talking about suspensions if they are neccessary.
Maybe the NFL needs to sit down and start working out a comprimise between both the players and owners first before talking about 2 more games and suspentions for hard hits.
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