Football Violence/ Dog fighting

I completely agree with the new football, no helmet to helmet rule. I love the game of football and while I think any change that can be made to protect the players’ safety is important, I don’t think much can be done without changing the game. (Even this new rule is changing it!) Football has been played for several centuries now, and while it can be argued that only up until the last few decades has it started to become filled with such power houses, faster, stronger, bigger, men, I am sure the men in other fathers, grandfathers, and great grandfathers, took some serious blows in football as well. Playing football is taking a risk, just like getting into your car everyday is taking a risk. To compare football players to dog fighting….In my opinion is considering the players do not have a choice in whether they play the game of football. Unlike dogs, they can very easily come out of the game, or choose not to even start playing football. Several of the boys who start playing football, either already have, or develop, a love for the game or they would not continue to play. Those who don’t typically stop playing around jr. high. And as I said before when considering our fathers, grandfathers, etc., a majority of them are just fine. These men choose to take a risk, just like we do every day of our lives. Sometimes I feel like players in the NFL start to lose the love of the game.. due to the intensity level and extremely high pay.. However, they still have the power, unlike dogs, to get out of the game. Also, these men are being paid millions of dollars, and men like firefighters, policemen, and the military, risk their lives every day (for a cause more meaningful than a football game) and they’re not paid near that amount. These men are choosing to be in the NFL, and possibly risk their lives, just like the men who protect our country. Football is considered an “All-American game. It is not as unmoral as dog fighting. While we do like seeing big hits, we definitely do not seeing serious injuries. Sure, it can be looked at as inherently violent, and some plays definitely are, I see football as much more of an interesting, purposeful game that is not as near inherently violent as say, boxing. The purpose in football is not to seriously hurt someone, and if it is for a player, then that is a separate matter that should be handled appropriately (coach taking him out.) Lastly, with the proper care of football players, and maybe some sort of technology able to exam the head and tell when enough is enough, and other small changes, I believe the game can be played and enjoyed for another several decades, just as It has for the past several centuries.