Skeptical about women as men's coaches. Not simple prejudice, either.
Sorry for not going along with what is politically correct.
I don't even think women should be in the locker room, either, although that battle was lost decades ago. If it's an equality issue, just throw out the male reporters. Let them do their interviews outside when players are dressed. After all, they're just reporters.
Neg me if you want, but this is part of an unhealthy over feminization of our culture.
As far as not tackling during practice--I don't know. When I was in high school, I used to come back from practice with bad headaches. Nobody talked about concussions, back then. You just came back to practice the next day, strapped on the helmet (which were probably inferior to today's in terms of protection) and went back at it. I think we had hard contact at least several days a week between game.
I remember some older coaches back then complaining about the introduction of facemasks just a decade or so earlier. I guess they felt it was better to get multiple smashed-in noses rather than necks getting twisted around. (I don't remember a lot of focus on facemask penalties back then).
Maybe that's why football is attracting less interest among middle-class kids. More concern over permanent injury....didn't see as much concern back then. I don't know if my headaches were concussions. I did develop migraines a few years later. Maybe I would have been better off with less contact during the week between games. Do high school teams have full practice contact during the season now?
