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Wait really? Then you only know football how it is now. Probably the only major difference is the targeting rule. I started watching football in the 80’s when passing offenses started to take off. The older generation hated it. They didn’t like how DBs weren’t allowed to hold and grab receivers all over the field anymore. They wanted the old days of Franco Harris running it up the gut for 3 yards 30 times a game. They thought football should have been 14-7 slugfests and the fancy passing offenses led by Joe Montana and Dan Marino were sissy football. Bill Walsh was only a good coach because of the “rule changes”. The changes were to make the game faster and more exciting. The changes are why the NFL blew past baseball in popularity and is now the most popular sport in the country by a mile.I started watching in the 00s.
Do I miss the big hits that aren’t legal now? Yeah but i also understand the safety of players was largely neglected for way too long so I get some of the new rules. The thing is, the game doesn’t go backwards. It never has. You don’t have to enjoy the way it’s played now but if that’s the case you might as well take up a new sport to watch.