If we have to replace football with another sport...

[renard_ruse]

In light of the recent discussions about American football potentially being banned due to the serious bodily harm it causes to players, what sport would you like to see replace it if it ever does get banned?

 

[FloridaCouple]

Link please to a reputable article discussing the "real" possibility of a ban. Does not exist.

 

[renard_ruse]

Link please to a reputable article discussing the "real" possibility of a ban. Does not exist.

Not yet obviously, but if more evidence mounts in coming years stranger things have happened. President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to ban it back in the day and they made a bunch of rule changes because of it. Various forms of football have been banned off and on since the Middle Ages.

Its already being discussed in the press:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304743704577382292376194220.html

 

[renard_ruse]

What about Aussie Rules Football? I didn't think of that.

I sure hope its not replaced by soccer though. That would cause collective brain atrophy of the national population.

 

[Sean Renaud]

Madden 12.

 

[mercury14]

Not yet obviously, but if more evidence mounts in coming years stranger things have happened. President Theodore Roosevelt threatened to ban it back in the day and they made a bunch of rule changes because of it. Various forms of football have been banned off and on since the Middle Ages.

Its already being discussed in the press:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304743704577382292376194220.html

There's a 0% chance of a ban and no real discussion of it.

 

[phrodeau]

Rollerball.

 

[renard_ruse]

There's a 0% chance of a ban and no real discussion of it.

Again, not today but in the next few years you never know. Even if not a "ban" at the professional level, but gradual bans in high schools and then at the college level. There wouldn't be enough skilled players being developed at some point.

What sport would you prefer to replace it IF it were to be replaced?

 

[renard_ruse]

Rollerball.

Like in the movie?

 

[KingOrfeo]

Bring back American Gladiators, but with real edged weapons.

 

[KingOrfeo]

What about Aussie Rules Football? I didn't think of that.

I sure hope its not replaced by soccer though. That would cause collective brain atrophy of the national population.

But we'd have some fun riots!

 

[Very_Bad_Man]

Full contact checkers.

 

[Ldy_Sea]

Naked Cheerleading

Strip Lacrosse

 

[KingOrfeo]

There's only one clear choice: 43-Man Squamish!

 

[doctor_insanus]

Who loves you, and who do you love?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_MVLFO6wd5Qg/SvtK1411HkI/AAAAAAAAAi8/1KQ8IbZ_PzA/s400/killian2.bmp

 

[ReadyMike]

Lacrosse looks suitably violent. We'll need some way to slow down the action so there is enough time for the TV commercials.

 

[lovetoread]

Madden 12.

Dolfing would be better than that.

 

[colddiesel]

Rugby Union would be best. It's just as violent and the rules specifically disallow the wearing of any protective gear.

Furthermore, there is a healthy International competition so it would give Americans the regular opportunities to beat up teams of Frenchmen, Brits, Australians etc. And of course they could do the same to your lot.

Most Americans don't know the difference between Rugby League and Rugby Union. The classic definition is that the former is a game for gentlemen played by thugs, and the latter is a game for thugs played by gentlemen.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Rugby Union would be best. It's just as violent and the rules specifically disallow the wearing of any protective gear.

Furthermore, there is a healthy International competition so it would give Americans the regular opportunities to beat up teams of Frenchmen, Brits, Australians etc. And of course they could do the same to your lot.

Most Americans don't know the difference between Rugby League and Rugby Union. The classic definition is that the former is a game for gentlemen played by thugs, and the latter is a game for thugs played by gentlemen.

How do they prevent the head injuries common to American football?

 

[cfuhrer]

You didn't specify American rules Dolfing versus International rules Dolfing.
I voted for it anyway because, well, Dolfing is Dolfing.

 

[osprey44]

mortal combat... no weapons, no protective devices, no rules...

 

[Peregrinator]

There's only one clear choice: 43-Man Squamish!

Holy shit.

I grew up with a paperback book called something like "Mad's Greatest Hits" or some such. That piece was in it.

I was all of seven years old or something, so I didn't get it, but it stayed in my head forever.

 

[TallMan69]

Holy shit.

I grew up with a paperback book called something like "Mad's Greatest Hits" or some such. That piece was in it.

I was all of seven years old or something, so I didn't get it, but it stayed in my head forever.

Full contact Dodge Ball! If they're fucking taking away Football we're bringing back Dodge Ball -- Fuck all the pansy asses that are trying to ban it in public schools! Damn it! We're not losing Dodge Ball! Not on my watch!

 

[hobbit.]

yacht racing, with cannons and boarding and the right to enslave captured crews.

 

[Sean]

How do they prevent the head injuries common to American football?

Head injuries aren't that common, broken necks, however, are.