The Wheaton Rams had the biggest program in the western burbs for years. Not anymore. The end is near.

 "Football is such a great game, it teaches great lessons to young men. "


That they'll forget by age 45.

We are going to laugh at these 'Death of the NFL' columns.

The sad part about it is there is no scientific research that supports concussions in football that lead to CTE at the younger levels. All we have is NFL players, where the speed and size of the game is much more violent where we see the impact being felt. As we know about 1 pct of the youth and high school football players in this country will ever make it to that level. The other thing we do not know is how many of those NFL players may have been pre-disposed to some sort of CTE no matter what sport they ever played along the way. The one big thing the media overlooks is the positive impact the sport plays into, discipline, hard work, leadership, team building and plain and simple...keeping kids busy and out of trouble. Sad to see.

- a guy I know

We are going to laugh at these 'Death of the NFL' columns.

Run down your plan again.

No contact til high school?

7 on 7 until they are 17 and a half or 18 if legally required to consent to the danger.

It'll be much different NFL (with players in year 4 instead of year 14) won't it? Sloppier?

The skill positions would be fine. Line play would be hurt the most but in four years they can figure out things. I also would guess that future lineman start preparing in high school even if they can't play.

When the other option is shut it all down this will work just fine.

Fair enough.

Would you be shocked of it became a niche sport like boxing?

Not that Bricks plan will ever happen but skill players only playing 7 on 7 until college would not be fine. It is no where near the same thing.

Not that Bricks plan will ever happen but skill players only playing 7 on 7 until college would not be fine. It is no where near the same thing.

We are going to laugh at these 'Death of the NFL' columns.

NFL sucks these days. All they need to kill it off is a work stoppage like baseball in 94.

You can't tell me with all the technology we have today that they can't make a helmet that can absorb a lot of the hits? I'm sure they have something out there but I doubt the NFL cares to spend any time or money researching it.

NFL sucks these days. All they need to kill it off is a work stoppage like baseball in 94.

You can't tell me with all the technology we have today that they can't make a helmet that can absorb a lot of the hits? I'm sure they have something out there but I doubt the NFL cares to spend any time or money researching it.

Terrible post.

http://www.businessinsider.com/carson-w ... ons-2017-5

ya in 2017. how about the last 5 years?

FarveFan - no worst post is your Theo post that has been well documented.

That's a bad "gotcha" attempt. We all make terrible posts. I acknowledged mine.

Your entire post couldn't have been more inaccurate even if you tried.

Your point: it's possible to design a helmet that severely reduces concussions, but the NFL won't spend the money on it.

The reality: it's impossible to design a helmet that severely reduces concussions, but the NFL has spent millions trying.

Just stop.